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
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
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
Tokyo subway sarin attack
…members acting under Asahara's orders, after he became disillusioned and tried to leave. In November 1989, six Aum Shinrikyo members were involved in the murder of Tsutsumi Sakamoto and his family. Sakamoto had been working on a class-action lawsuit against the cult. Asahara had previously advanced the concept of 'poa': a doctrine which stated…
Sakamoto family cenotaph
Tsutsumi Sakamoto (right), wife Satoko (left) and son Tatsuhiko (center)