Tokyo -- Japan on Thursday marked the 30th anniversary of the nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, with the relatives of the victims striving to keep alive the memory of the worst…[Continue Reading...]
( NewsNation ) — Lori Vallow , already convicted of the deaths of her children , Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, and conspiracy in the death of her husband’s former wife, Tammy Daybell, is now set to stand trial in…[Continue Reading...]
ALBANY — More than half of the human trafficking survivors referred to state social services offices did not contact them, an audit from New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office found. Released Wednesday, the audit determined that administrative failings have undermined…[Continue Reading...]
The son of a victim in an abduction case involving the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult wants perpetrators to continue feeling remorse 30 years on. "There are two kinds of atonement," said Minoru Kariya, 65, whose father, Kiyoshi, then 68, was…[Continue Reading...]
THE STORY – In 1984, Shoko Asahara started a seemingly innocuous yoga school based in Tokyo. By 1995, the group had evolved into a doomsday cult called Aum Shinrikyo, meaning “Supreme Truth,” whose weapon of choice was sarin, an extraordinarily toxic…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, March 18 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki on Tuesday called for caution over the three successor groups to Aum Shinrikyo, ahead of the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system by…[Continue Reading...]
Renewed cult clashes in the Alogi, Somorin and Obantoko areas of Ogun State on Saturday, between members of the outlawed Eiye and Aye confraternities have left about four persons dead. PUNCH Metro gathered that the clashes, which occurred simultaneously, saw…[Continue Reading...]
Three decades since Shizue Takahashi's husband and a dozen others were killed with a nerve agent on Tokyo's subway, she fears Japan could see a repeat of the doomsday cult attack. Takahashi, whose husband worked for the metro system, told…[Continue Reading...]
Dateline Rancho Santa Fe. March 26, 1997. A 911 call came into the San Diego Sheriff’s Communications Center. It was treated as a prank call at first. From what turned out to be a nearby payphone, the caller said something…[Continue Reading...]
As rape-accused church leader, Stephen Zondo, prepares to return to the Pretoria High Court today, ex-congregants have described him as a cult leader who brainwashed worshippers. The Rivers of Living Water Church leader is accused of sexually assaulting several women…[Continue Reading...]
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