Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Russia Detains Dozens of Suspected Members of Japanese Doomsday Cult
http://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-detains-dozens-suspected-members-japanese-doomsday-cult/story?id=38160952"Russia police have conducted major raids across Moscow and St. Petersburg targeted against alleged followers of the Japanese doomsday cult, Aum Shinrikyo, known for carrying out deadly sarin attacks in Tokyo in the mid-1990s.
Police have detained 44 people across the two cities, searching more than 20 addresses connected with the group, a Russian Interior ministry statement said. Video of the raids broadcast on state Russian TV showed Russian SWAT teams searching apartments, with the alleged sect-members lying on the ground.
Russia’s Investigative Committee, the equivalent of the FBI, said those detained were suspected of setting up a branch of the group, which is banned in Russia as a violent organization. The group’s organizers’ main goal was to coerce its followers into handing over their property, using "physical and psychological pressure," investigators said.
The raids follow the mass deportation last week of almost 60 suspected Aum Shinrikyo followers from the tiny Balkan country, Montenegro, where they had reportedly been holding a conference. At least 43 of them were Russian, Montenegro’s Interior ministry said then.
..."
------------------------------------------------
Interesting, or maybe not.
