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09. Aum Shinrikyo: A Japanese Death Cult's Apocalyptic Terrorism

Jul 22, 2018
43:36

Independent Aum Shinrikyo researcher Sarah Hightower tells us how the Japanese death cult became a terrorist organisation with more than 10,000 members. They produced Sarin gas, they built their own assault rifles, and they even tried to buy bombs from the former Soviet Union. To this day Aum Shinrikyo still exists. 

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