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People in Japan are remembering the victims of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system on the 30th anniversary of the deadly incident on Thursday.

Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult released highly toxic nerve gas in packed rush-hour subway cars on three lines in central Tokyo on March 20, 1995. Fourteen people died and about 6,300 others were injured.

At Kasumigaseki subway station, staff observed a moment of silence at around 8 a.m., almost the exact time of the attack.

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