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AUM stockpiles 100s of guru's killer videos.

Mainichi Daily News

| July 05, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 1999 The Mainichi Newspapers. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Hundreds of videos featuring AUM Shinrikyo guru Shoko Asahara advocating murder as a religious belief have been seized from a member of the doomsday cult, police said Tuesday.

Public safety authorities believe that Asahara -- detained in the Tokyo Detention Center while his mass-murder trial remains in session -- retains enormous influence over AUM followers and have pledged to keep a close watch on the cult.

AUM has publicly announced it has disavowed the teachings of Asahara, the suspected mastermind of the 1995 lethal gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, but public safety officials dispute the claim.

"When the guru says, 'kill that,' it's time …

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