Tokyo subway workers mark 7th anniversary of AUM gas attack

Tokyo subway workers mark 7th anniversary of AUM gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Station workers at Kasumigaseki Station on the Hibiya Line of Teito Rapid Transit Authority offer a silent prayer at the station in central Tokyo on March 20 for the 12 victims of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the subway.

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