Trial Begins for Cultists Accused of Bomb Plot
From Times Wire Reports
Four Russian adherents of the Aum Supreme Truth cult went on trial in Vladivostok on charges of planning to conduct bomb attacks in Japanese cities to force authorities to free the cult’s leader.
The group planned to issue the demand for cult leader Shoko Asahara’s release just before the Group of 8 summit on Okinawa from July 21 to 23, 2000.
Three group members were arrested July 1, 2000, and one was arrested earlier this year.
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