(4)Asahara found guilty on all charges, sentenced to death

(4)Asahara found guilty on all charges, sentenced to death

TOKYO, Japan - A bus carrying Shoko Asahara, the founder of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, arrives at Tokyo Detention House after he was sentenced to death at the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 27. The court found him guilty on all 13 charges against him, including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.

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