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Death penalty against the founder of the extremist sect "Aum Shinrikyo" Soko Asahara aged 63, executed.
He was executed by hanging. Before that, the founder of the sect was in one of Tokyo's jails. NHK Reports
As a result of the longest lawsuit in Japan, the court found Asahara guilty of 13 of the 17 allegations and sentenced him to death in 2004. Seko Asahara himself refused to surrender and during the process kept silence, refusing to speak with parents and followers of a religious group founded by him.
More than 10 leaders of the sect, including its founder, were sentenced to death. More than 180 followers of Aum Shinrikyo received different prison sentences
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The Totalitarian Destructive Sect Terrorist Terrorism Syncretic "Aum Shinrikyo" is forbidden in many countries of the world, predicts the rapid end of the world and the so-called last battle of good and evil, during which the partisans of the sect would destroy their enemies by various methods, including included by means of toxic gases. Currently, the sect is under the public control of the Japanese police and special services – PSIA.
Seko Asahara is called the reincarnation of Christ, the Buddha and the god Shiva. The name "Aum Shinrikyo" comes from the Sanskrit word "Aum" (meaning the Universe) and "Sinrikio" (the word is written in hieroglyphics), translated as "the doctrine of truth". In January 2000, the organization changed its name to Aleph – the first letter of the Semitic alphabets. The logo has also been changed. Some members also continue their activities in the Hikari-no-Wa organization. The most famous gas attack "Aum Shinrikyo" in the Tokyo subway on March 20, 1995, when members of the sect used zarin, toxic substance. Each of the intruders had with him two or three bags of toxic substances, which they forged with umbrellas, and then left in the cars. As a result, the attack killed 13 people, more than 6,300 people were injured.
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