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| Seven members of Japanese cult executed for Tokyo sarin attack | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 6 2018, 09:58 AM (48 Views) | |
| Demagogue | Jul 6 2018, 09:58 AM Post #1 |
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https://www.news4jax.com/news/international/japan-doomsday-cult-leader-executed-23-years-after-tokyo-sarin-attack TOKYO (CNN) - Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which carried out the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, have been executed, Japanese officials said Friday. Cult leader Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, had been in prison for 22 years before his execution this week. The attack left more than a dozen people dead and thousands injured. Twelve other members of Aum Shinrikyo were sentenced to death for their roles in the Tokyo attack. Asahara's death sentence was finalized in 2006, according to public broadcaster NHK, but trials of his co-conspirators dragged on for a further 12 years. Since those proceedings finished earlier this year, the days of the Aum Shinrikyo members had been numbered, even as opponents of the death penalty attempted to block the executions. Asahara was one of seven members of the cult hanged this week. The others are Tomomasa Nakagawa, Tomomitsu Niimi, Kiyohide Hayakawa, Yoshihiro Inoue, Seiichi Endo and Masami Tsuchiya, according to Japanese Justice Minister Yoko Kawakami. Six other people are still sentenced to die in connection to the 1995 attack and other Aum Shinrikyo crimes. The date of their executions is not known. Executions in Japan are done in secret, with no advance warning given to the prisoner, their family or legal representatives, according to Amnesty International. Prisoners often only learn hours before that they are to be killed Edited by Demagogue, Jul 6 2018, 10:00 AM.
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| People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do them harm. | |
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| Demagogue | Jul 6 2018, 10:01 AM Post #2 |
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Good job Japan on ending these scumbags. It took a while but after the co-conspirators were tried they did not waste too much time before sending them to the gallows. |
| People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do them harm. | |
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| Hughmac | Jul 6 2018, 10:10 AM Post #3 |
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Should have strung all them up 20 years ago. The stupid thing is that the same religious sect still exists, but under a different name, based on a mixture of buddhism, Hinduism and Apocalyptic Christianity. Cheers Hughmac |
| H4T wrote: [Global] nuclear annihilation is preferable to the pre-Trump immigration/refugee policies. | |
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| Harambe4Trump | Jul 6 2018, 10:23 AM Post #4 |
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How long does it take for Spain to carry out an execution? |
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Skipping leg day is the equivalent of a woman having an abortion. You're ashamed of it, and it was probably unnecessary. #MAGA #wallsnotwars | |
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| Robertr2000 | Jul 6 2018, 10:29 AM Post #5 |
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They waste their time with this crap.
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| "if that **** wins we'll all hang from nooses" | |
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| Hughmac | Jul 7 2018, 03:31 AM Post #6 |
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Uhhh... is that supposed to in some way belie or contradict what I said above. I have noticed that you hardly ever counter what people say other than going off at a tangent - it's called slithering off onto safer ground. Cheers Hughmac |
| H4T wrote: [Global] nuclear annihilation is preferable to the pre-Trump immigration/refugee policies. | |
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| Hughmac | Jul 7 2018, 03:33 AM Post #7 |
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Yeah, in Spain your beef steak has a decent chance at killing you first. - H |
| H4T wrote: [Global] nuclear annihilation is preferable to the pre-Trump immigration/refugee policies. | |
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