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"<p>\n\tYoshiyuki Kono, a man who lost his wife in the Aum Shinrikyo sarin gas attacks in Japan, has forgiven the cult and its members and has visited several of them on death row.<br />\n\t&nbsp;<br />\n\tKono spoke after Japan&#39;s Supreme Court dismissed the final appeal lodged from among the jailed leaders of the cult. Kono was treated by Japanese authorities as a suspect for nearly a year after what was thought to have been a trial run for the infamous 1995 Tokyo subway attacks, the Australian reports.<br />\n\t&nbsp;<br />\n\tThe cult released the deadly odorless nerve gas into the street alongside the Kono family&#39;s home in the mountain town of Matsumoto. Kono was home with his wife, Sumiko, and their three children when the family&#39;s two dogs started to froth at the mouth and go into muscular spasms.<br />\n\t&nbsp;<br />\n\t&quot;While I went out to look at the dogs, my wife must have inhaled the gas and by the time the emergency services arrived she was already in cardio-pulmonary arrest,&quot; Kono said, according to the Australian. &quot;After that I lived my life for my wife. Even though she did not regain consciousness, I was able to lead my life with her for another 14 years.&quot;<br />\n\t&nbsp;<br />\n\tIn the aftermath, Kono made a decision that he would hold no enmity toward the perpetrators and offered them complete forgiveness. He said he did not agree with the death penalty.<br />\n\t&nbsp;<br />\n\t&quot;We lead our lives without ever knowing if they will be long or short,&quot; Kono said, according to the Australian. &quot;We don&#39;t even know if we might die tomorrow. Under these circumstances, it is such a waste of time and energy to hold a grudge and enmity.&quot;</p>\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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