Tag: Aum Shinrikyo
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Self-proclaimed Lord Shiva hanged in Japan
Japan on Friday executed doomsday cult guru Shoko Asahara, 63, and six cult followers for killing dozens of people. The cult leader, who claimed himself to be reincarnation of Hindu god Lord Shiva, founded the Aum Shinrikyo cult in 1984. His cult was behind the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway system that killed…