Sect kept bodies mummified

Tokyo - A sect kept the mummified bodies of two children at their luxury villa in the expectation they could still come back …

Tokyo - A sect kept the mummified bodies of two children at their luxury villa in the expectation they could still come back to life, police reports said yesterday.

Two leaders of the "Kaedajuku" group, based in the southern Japan city of Miyazaki, were turned over to public prosecutors yesterday.

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