Minoru Kariya

Minoru Kariya

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, the son of the late Kiyoshi Kariya, one of the victims of the crimes committed by the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, answers reporters' questions in front of the Tokyo District Court on March 7, 2014, after the court sentenced a former senior AUM member to nine years in prison for his involvement in three AUM-related cases, including the abduction and confinement of Kiyoshi Kariya, a Tokyo notary clerk, in February 1995.

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