AUM facilities in Gunma raided over Nagano confinement

AUM facilities in Gunma raided over Nagano confinement

FUJIOKA, Japan - Police raid two facilities belonging to the AUM Shinrikyo cult in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 3 in connection with the alleged confinement of a 29-year-old female member at another AUM facility in neighboring Nagano Prefecture in 1998.

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