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Aum Shinrikyo: the cult that refuses to die

Japanese authorities have warned that the son of a cult leader behind the deadly sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway network in 1995 is now the leader of a successor group. The cult, Aum Shinrikyo was disbanded and its founder Shoko Asahara, and 12 of his disciples were executed in 2018 for carrying out the attack.

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