A former leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, Fumihiro Joyu, said earlier he had broken away from it and formed his own cult, called Hikari no Wa, or Circle of Light.

• 奥姆真理教的前领袖上佑史浩早些时候说，他已经脱离奥姆真理教而自立教门，名为“光之轮”。