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Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃, Asahara Shōkō, March 2, 1955 – July 6, 2018), born Chizuo Matsumoto (松本 智津夫, Matsumoto Chizuo), was the founder and leader of the Japanese doomsday cult known as Aum Shinrikyo. He was convicted of masterminding the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, and was also involved in several other crimes.
4 110 Koichi Sumida 34 M Hiroshima Single murder 1 111 Teruhiko Seki 44 M 19 December 2017 [16] Tokyo Multiple murders 4 Yōko Kamikawa [17] 112 Kiyoshi Matsui 69 M Tokyo Multiple murders 3 113 Shoko Asahara: 63 M 6 July 2018 [18] Tokyo Multiple murders: 29 114 Seiichi Endo: 58 M Tokyo 115 Masami Tsuchiya: 53 M Tokyo 116 Tomomitsu Niimi: 54 M ...
On 15 September 2006, Shoko Asahara lost his final appeal against the death penalty. The following day Japanese police raided the offices of Aleph in order to "prevent any illegal activities by cult members in response to the confirmation of Asahara's death sentence". [83] Thirteen cult members were eventually sentenced to death. [84]
Japan hanged Shoko Asahara on Friday and six other members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which killed 13 people in an attack that shattered the country's myth of public safety. Japan on alert after ...
The execution of Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara leaves unanswered questions about Aum Shinrikyo, the group behind the 1995 sarin-gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people ...
All of those implicated in the Sakamoto murders received death sentences. [12] The court found that the murder was committed by order of the group's founder, Shoko Asahara, although not all of the perpetrators testified to this effect, and Asahara denied involvement. Asahara's legal team claims that blaming him is an attempt to shift personal ...
Shoko Asahara's death warrant. The sarin attack was the most serious attack upon Japan since World War II. Shortly after the attack, Aum lost its status as a religious organization, and many of its assets were seized. [74] The Diet (Japanese parliament) rejected a request from government officials to outlaw the group.
Before the Tokyo subway gas attack, Asahara wanted to try the sarin gas on humans. He chose his rival, Daisaku Ikeda , the leader of Soka Gakkai , one of Japan's most popular "new religions". Asahara directed his men to rig a spraying device on a suitable vehicle at one of the nights when Ikeda was supposed to speak in public.