Tokyo -
Japan on Friday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo's deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 13 and injured more than 6 000 people.
Subway workers observed a moment of silence at Kasumigaseki station in the morning to mourn the victims of the attack on March 20, 1995. Two subway station employees were among those killed.
Cult founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, and 9 followers were sentenced to death and four others to life in prison for the attack and a string of other crimes including murder.
None of the death sentences have been carried out to date.
Japan's Public Security Intelligence Agency said a total of 1,650 people belonged to the movement's two remaining splinter groups - Aleph and Hikari no Wa (the Circle of Rainbow Light) - as of November.
Sapa-dpa