Police have questioned condemned Aum Shinrikyo killer Yoshihiro Inoue as part of their investigation into fugitive cultist Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in on New Year's Eve after almost 17 years on the run, investigative sources said Thursday.
Inoue, 42, was questioned on a voluntary basis as police look into the alleged role played by Hirata, 46, in the 1995 abduction-slaying of a Tokyo notary.
Hirata was quoted by the sources as telling the police that Inoue had him drive a lookout car during the abduction of notary clerk Kiyoshi Kariya, 68. He also told his lawyer he did not know about the abduction plan. (Japan Times)
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