World The remaining members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult have been executed in Japan, 23 years since they helped launch a sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system. The six men were all hanged Thursday, the Japan Times reported. Seven other cult members, including leader Shoko Asahara, were executed earlier this month. “The pain and anguish of the people who were killed and their families as well as of the survivors left with disabilities, was unimaginable,” Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa told reporters at a press conference. Chemical control unit members emerge from the Kasumigaseki subway station in Tokyo, Japan, on March 20, 1995, while responding to a sarin attack. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama Recommended Slideshows 76 The Most Powerful Military Forces in the World 59 The 25 Most Powerful Passports in the World 61 Every World Press Photo Winner Ever: 60 Images That Define Our World Those executed Thursday included members that released the nerve agent in the March 1995 attack, which left 13 people dead and around 6,000 injured. The conspirators carried bags of liquid sarin onto the subway network, which they then pierced using umbrellas before fleeing with the help of waiting getaway drivers. The agent was released on trains… Read full this story
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