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YOUR ARTICLE ON SHOKO ASAHARA AND the toxic attack on Tokyo's subway system [Cover, April 3] presents another disturbing example of how a society can be held virtual hostage by extremists dedicated to carrying out their agenda through random acts of terror...
...MBTA, however, received a threat yesterday which forced a temporary shutdown of nearly the entire subway system yesterday afternoon...
...wake of Wednesday's car bombing in Oklahoma City which left 31 people dead, 200 injured and 300 others missing, Harvard Police Chief Paul E. Johnson issued bomb advisory notices to the Harvard community yesterday. And the Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) closed the subway for an hour after receiving an anonymous bomb threat...
...closure followed an 11:20 a.m. phone call to the Boston Police Department from an anonymous male who said he had placed four explosive packages in several unidentified downtown subway stations, Canty said...
Within 15 minutes, thousands of rush-hour commuters were evacuated from subway terminals and trains, Canty said. No explosives were found, and regular subway service resumed at approximately 1:05 p.m., he said...