Sakamoto family murders
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On November 5, 1989, Tsutsumi Sakamoto, a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult in Japan, was murdered, along with his wife Satoko and his child Tatsuhiko, by
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Tsutsumi Sakamoto (right), wife Satoko (left) and son Tatsuhiko (center)
Tokyo subway sarin attack
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The Tokyo subway sarin attack was a domestic chemical terrorist attack perpetrated on 20 March 1995, in Tokyo, Japan, by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult. In five coordinated attacks, the perpetrator
Sakamoto family murders
…Japan, was murdered, along with his wife Satoko and his child Tatsuhiko, by perpetrators who broke into his apartment. Six years later, following the 1995 attack on the Tokyo subway, the murderers were uncovered and it was established that the murderers had been members of Aum Shinrikyo at the time of the crime. Tsutsumi was born…
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel (with olive-drab colored clothing) and Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers (with white clothing) entering contaminated vehicles.
The Aum Shinrikyo facility in Kamikuishiki, 8 September 1996
JR East 203 series set 67, the Chiyoda Line train involved as A725K
02 series set 16, the train involved as B777