Tokyo subway sarin attack
The Tokyo subway sarin attack was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated on 20 March 1995, in Tokyo, Japan, by members of the cult movement Aum Shinrikyo. In five coordinated attacks, the perpetrators released sarin on three lines of the Tokyo Metro during rush hour, killing 13 people, severely injuring 50, and causing temporary vision problems for nearly 1,000 others. The attack was directed against trains passing through Kasumigaseki and Nagatachō, where the National Diet is headquartered in Tokyo.
Aum Shinrikyo facility in Kamikuisshiki, 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
02 series set 50, the train involved as B701/A801/B901
Aleph , better known by their former name Aum Shinrikyo , is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was found to have been responsible for the Matsumoto sarin attack the previous year.
Aum Shinrikyo facility in Kamikuisshiki, September 8, 1996
An anti–Aum Shinrikyo protest in Japan, 2009
An anti–Aum Shinrikyo banner in 2014
PSIA officers conduct a surprise inspection on a suspected Aleph building in 2013.