Aum Shinrikyo Aum Shinrikyo Aum Shinrikyo (also spelled Om Shin Rikyo) was a religious group which mixed Buddhist and Hindu beliefs and was based in Japan. It gained international notoriety in 1995, when a group of followers carried out a poison gas attack on the Tokyo subways. Since 2000, it has been called Aleph. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aum Shinrikyo"
Fumihiro Joyu (上祐史浩 Jōyū Fumihiro; born 17 December 1962) was the spokesperson and public relations manager of the controversial Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo, and has been the de facto chief of the organization since 1999. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fumihiro Joyu"
Hideo Murai (村井 秀夫 Murai Hideo, December 5, 1958 - April 23, 1995) was a member of Aum Shinrikyo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hideo Murai"
Masami Tsuchiya (土谷正実 Tsuchiya Masami) is a former senior Aum Shinrikyo scientist who played a leading role in the production of lethal chemicals including sarin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Masami Tsuchiya"
The Matsumoto incident was an outbreak of sarin poisoning that occurred in Matsumoto, Japan, in the Nagano prefecture, on the evening of June 27 and the morning of June 28, 1994. ...more on Wikipedia about "Matsumoto incident"
At 3 A.M., the men broke into the apartment through an unlocked door, first finding the Sakamoto's crying infant, 14-month old Tatsuhiko Sakamoto. The boy was injected with a deadly drug and his face was covered with a cloth. The men then surprised Tsutsumi Sakamoto and wife, Satoko Sakamoto, in bed. Tsutsumi Sakamoto was struck on the head with a hammer, his screaming wife bashed into submission. The two were injected with the drugs, but the husband still struggled. The perpetrators finally subdued the lawyer, strangling him. After the family was dead, their bodies were placed in metal drums and hidden in rural areas. Their bed-sheets were burned and the tools were dropped in the ocean. The victims' teeth were smashed to pieces to frustrate identification. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sakamoto family murder"
The Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, usually referred to in the Japanese media as the 地下鉄サリン事件 (chikatetsu sarin jiken "subway sarin incident") was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated by members of the religious group Aum Shinrikyo on March 20, 1995. In five coordinated attacks, the conspirators released sarin gas on several lines of the Tokyo Subway, killing twelve people and injuring some six thousand more. The attack was directed against trains passing through Kasumigaseki and Nagatacho, home to the Japanese government. This was (and remains, as of 2006) the most serious attack that has occurred in Japan since the end of the Second World War. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway" This text is made on http://www.shortopedia.com
Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃 Asahara Shōkō) (born March 2, 1955) is the founder and former guru of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo (now known as Aleph), convicted of masterminding the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway as well as several other crimes. He was sentenced to death. As of January 2006, the sentence has not been carried out, pending an appeal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shoko Asahara"
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