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Tokyo Doomsday Cult Fugitive Caught

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On run for 17-years after subway attack.

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The last fugitive of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo that carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin gas attacks in 1995 was finally arrested Friday. Police nabbed 54-year-old Katsuya Takahashi after 17 years on the run, and Takahashi is suspected of murder in the attack that killed 12 people and left thousands ill. Former cult leader Shoko Asahara and a dozen other former members are now on death row.

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