By YURI MURAKAMI/ Staff Writer
March 8, 2022 at 19:05 JST
Chizuo Matsumoto, the former leader of Aum Shinrikyo who was executed in 2018 for masterminding the deadly 1995 sarin gas attacks in Tokyo and other acts of murder by his disciples. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Family members of Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult leader Chizuo Matsumoto filed a lawsuit against the state seeking 1 million yen ($8,656) in damages on grounds his July 2018 execution was illegal because he was mentally incompetent. [Read More]
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