Tokyo, March 20, 1995. Subway commuters begin to choke and collapse. They've been poisoned with sarin gas. Disciples of an obscure New Religion have decided they need to kill all of humanity to save mankind. How did this happen and why?
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Saturday, December 10, 2022
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Shoko Asahara and the cult behind the Tokyo sarin attack
On 20 March 1995 members of the Aum Supreme Truth cult released sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent, on a Tokyo subway during rush hour. Twelve people died and a further 6,000 were affected. The cult’s leader and the mastermind behind the attacks was Shoko Asahara, who was wanted for previous attacks on the Japanese public. Asahara was arrested two months after the attack and was executed on Friday. The cult is banned officially, but some former followers continue to follow Asahara’s teachings
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