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Japan Executes Cult Leader Behind 1995 Sarin Gas Subway Attack
New York Times ^ | 07/06/2018 | Austin Ramzy

Posted on 07/06/2018 11:50:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The leader of a cult in Japan whose followers released deadly gas in the Tokyo subway in 1995, killing 13 people and injuring thousands, was executed Friday.

The cult leader, Shoko Asahara, was one of 13 people sentenced to death in connection with the attack and other killings carried out by the group, Aum Shinrikyo. He was hanged Friday morning along with six followers, Japan’s Justice Ministry said.

Japan, which generally reserves capital punishment for people convicted of multiple homicides, usually executes a handful of people each year. The date of executions is not announced in advance, and the condemned are usually only told a few hours beforehand.

But the executions of Mr. Asahara and his followers had been expected since January, when Japan’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the last member of Aum Shinrikyo to stand trial.

Members of the cult carried bags of sarin gas onto five crowded trains on three subway lines during the morning rush hour on March 20, 1995. The attack shocked Japan and undercut the country’s image as a safe and orderly nation.

The cult struck at a difficult time for Japan, coming during a period of painful economic stagnation and just months after an earthquake in the city of Kobe killed more than 6,000 people.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: execution; japan; saringas; yesterday
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SHOKO ASAHARA


1 posted on 07/06/2018 11:50:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

He liked death and now he’s dead so I hope he’s happy.


2 posted on 07/06/2018 11:52:04 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: SeekAndFind

He’s now Shocko A$$ahola!


3 posted on 07/06/2018 11:52:12 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: SeekAndFind

I guess he wasn’t divine after all......................


4 posted on 07/06/2018 11:52:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: SeekAndFind

Only 23 years after the fact


5 posted on 07/06/2018 11:53:34 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

Well that didn’t take long. /s. As needed.


6 posted on 07/06/2018 11:54:05 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: SeekAndFind

7 posted on 07/06/2018 11:54:06 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well that took a while....

But rotting in hell is forever! And ever...and ever...


8 posted on 07/06/2018 11:54:23 AM PDT by Professional
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To: SeekAndFind

Hanged. Liberals take note.


9 posted on 07/06/2018 11:54:49 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: SeekAndFind

It takes Japan as long as it takes us to execute criminals who richly deserve it. This guy should have been toast 20 years ago.


10 posted on 07/06/2018 11:55:25 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: SeekAndFind

You gotta watch out for vase guys.

Also, looks like ole’ fat toe got into the Purple Paralyser.


11 posted on 07/06/2018 11:58:33 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: SeekAndFind

Guess his power to levitate must have failed him.


12 posted on 07/06/2018 11:59:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: jospehm20

Well, as an added bonus, there are 13 of his followers who participated in that terror attack and exhausted their appeals in January. Their date with the hangman could come any day now.


13 posted on 07/06/2018 12:00:02 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: MeganC

Right index finger is missing?


14 posted on 07/06/2018 12:00:15 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: SeekAndFind

What’s the rush?

SHOKO ASAHARA

Must have been related to the famous ASSHAT (really sloppy English translation) family...


15 posted on 07/06/2018 12:01:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: nikos1121

“Right index finger is missing?”

I think it just looks that way because he was a fat pig.

Something tells me his followers were probably all skinny.


16 posted on 07/06/2018 12:02:47 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Guess they all were just hanging around today.


17 posted on 07/06/2018 12:11:30 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Professional
But rotting in hell is forever! And ever...and ever...

He'd be rotting in hell even if he hadn't murdered people, because he's not a Christian. So he'll get to meet his victims there, and I hope they have some choice words for him, while they're all rotting together.

18 posted on 07/06/2018 12:15:37 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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His group also detonated a nuclear bomb in Australia, according to some sources

Did a Japanese Cult Detonate a Nuclear Bomb in the Australian Desert?

19 posted on 07/06/2018 12:16:27 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: Vigilanteman
Their date with the hangman could come any day now.

And they won't know when it's going to happen until a few hours beforehand. If I'm not mistaken, the Japanese think that's less cruel than scheduling it for a known time.

20 posted on 07/06/2018 12:17:52 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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