Subway workers mark 9th anniversary of AUM sarin gas attack

Subway workers mark 9th anniversary of AUM sarin gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Subway workers at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo observe a minute of silence to mark the ninth anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, in which 12 people were killed and thousands were injured.

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