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
Sarin
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Sarin is an extremely toxic organophosphorus compound that has been often used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency as a nerve agent.
Tokyo subway sarin attack
…attack perpetrated on 20 March 1995, in Tokyo, Japan, by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult. In five coordinated attacks, the perpetrators released sarin, a nerve agent, on three lines of the Tokyo Metro (then Teito Rapid Transit Authority) during rush hour, killing 14 people, severely injuring 50 (some…
Rabbit used to check for leaks at former sarin production plant (Rocky Mountain Arsenal), 1970
U.S. Honest John missile warhead cutaway, showing M134 Sarin bomblets (c. 1960)