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...custody today,Aum Shinrikyo cult leader Shoko Asaharadenied any responsibility in the sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subways. In a statement through lawyer Makoto Endo, the cult leader said "Absolutely no one from Aum spread sarin." Police interrogators report that the guru spoke to them on most subjects, but would complain of a liver ailment whenever asked about theMar. 20 attackand would not answer questions. Including Asahara, 21 sect members are jailed in connection with the attack. Police saythey will charge the sect leader with murder and attempted murder, but no formal charges have been filed. Authorities can hold...
...Japanese Cabinet held an emergency meeting at dawn as tens of thousands ofchemical warfare and regular troopswent on alert. They were bracing for possible retaliation after policearrested Shoko Asahara, the Japanese cult leader, and 14 of his followers. Asahara was charged Monday with murder inthe Mar. 20 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways. The bearded, 40-year-old guru was meditating alone in a hidden, steel-fortified room at the Aum Shinri Kyo cult's rural compound beneath Mount Fuji when police broke in last night. He surrendered peacefully, with one proviso: "Don't touch me," investigators said he told...
...people. One of them, an aide to Tokyo Governor Yukio Aoshima, lost his left hand and right thumb in the blast. No one took responsibility and police have established no link to Aum Shinri Kyo. The package was addressed to Aoshima, who recently announced that he wascanceling the Aum cult's status as a religious organization...
Four hours into a 1,000-officermanhunt, Japanese police last night arrested Shoko Asahara, the Japanese cult leader charged Monday with murder in theMar. 20 nerve gas attackon Tokyo subways. They also took 14 of his followers into custody. The bearded, 40-year-old guru was meditating alone in a hidden, steel-fortified room at theAum Shinri Kyo cult'srural compound beneath Mount Fuji when police broke in. He surrendered peacefully, with one proviso: "Don't touch me," investigators said he told police doctors. "I don't even let my followers touch me." The Japanese Cabinet held an emergency meeting...
...station extinguished two burning plastic bags of chemicals left in a men's room before their fumes could combine to form enough hydrogen cyanide to kill 10,000 people in seconds. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Meanwhile, Japanese police, continuing their investigation of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, arrested the group's top lawyer, Yoshinobu Aoyama, on charges of slander. As in other arrests, police have so far avoided charging that the cult was involved in the March 20 gassing on the Tokyo subway...