Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi welcomed...
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi welcomed the decision by a Tokyo court to sentence former doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara to death for a series of crimes including the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 12 peop
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi welcomed the decision by a Tokyo court to sentence former doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara to death for a series of crimes including the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 12 people. Koizumi told reporters it was natural that the court handed down the death penalty to Asahara, the former head of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, in view of the seriousness of his crimes.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Jiji Press English News Service, 27/02/2004)
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