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Day 11: April 1 - Police Claim Evidence of Bio-weapons
- Police found around 300 books on bio-chemistry, incubators, and an
electron-microscope in two buildings in the Aum compound. Some of these
books explained the cultivation of botulin and other virulent bacteria. No
botulin or similar bacteria were found, but police stated that based on the
evidence they found, they believe that Aum was engaged in research to make
biological weapons.
The NPA decided to send a delegation to Russia to gather
information on sect activities there.
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Day 12: April 2 - Police Begin New Raids
- Police today began raids on a 4,000 square meter building that they
suspect is Aum's largest science laboratory in Tomizawa. Twenty Five
kilometers to the southwest, police continued dismantling walls in the
Kamikuishiki compound.
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Day 13: April 3 -- Aum Children Ordered to School
- The Education Ministry today ordered Aum parents to start sending
their children to school or be charged under the School Education Law. At
least 26 of the children at the Yamanashi compound have been truant for
between 12 and 66 months. Aum representatives claimed that children
regularly attend schools in the compound.
Prime Minister Murayama urged a review of Japan's Religious
Corporation Law.
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Day 14: April 4 -- Police to Finally Investigate Abductions
- The police said they will begin an investigation of the kidnapping
of a 22-year-old woman that occurred in 1991. After escaping from the Aum
compound, this woman boarded a train to leave the area. However, she was
attacked and dragged from the station by five men who were punching and
kicking her. The men pushed her into a car and then drove toward the Aum
compound. Police gave no explanation of why they are only now beginning an
investigation.
There have been several similar incidents. In the fall of 1994 an
escapee was abducted in front of witnesses who said that three men wearing
Aum's headgear had forced her into a car which was then seen driving into
the Aum compound. Police took no action at that time.