Japan hangs cult members over 1995 Tokyo chemical attack
Japan has executed seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult including former leader Shoko Asahara for carrying out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995. As many as 13 people were killed and nearly 6,000 others were injured in the attack. The cult, which began in the 1980s, mixed Hindu and Buddhist beliefs with apocalyptic teachings. 