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Yoshihiro Inoue (井上嘉浩, Inoue Yoshihiro, December 28, 1969 – July 6, 2018) was a former Aum Shinrikyo leader and terrorist who was executed in Japan in 2018. [1] [2] He was responsible for coordinating the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995. [3]
Aum Shinrikyo (オウム真理教, Oumu Shinrikyō) (1984–2007) Aleph ( Japanese : アレフ , Hepburn : Arefu ) , better known by their former name Aum Shinrikyo ( オウム真理教 , Oumu Shinrikyō , literally 'religion of Aum Supreme Truth') , is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987.
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.
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 ...
2 Masaharu Gotoda: 2 Shujiro Tachikawa 62 M Osaka: Multiple murders 2 3 Tetsuo Kawanaka 48 M Osaka Multiple murders 3 4 Tadao Kojima 61 M 26 November 1993 Sapporo: Multiple murders 3 Akira Mikazuki: 5 Yukio Seki 47 M Tokyo: Single murder 1 6 Hideo Deguchi 70 M Osaka Multiple murders 2 7 Toru Sakaguchi 56 M Osaka 8 Yukio Ajima 44 M 1 December ...
Kazuaki Okazaki (岡崎一明, Okazaki Kazuaki, October 8, 1960 – July 26, 2018) was a Japanese convicted multiple murderer and former member of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo who co-perpetrated the Sakamoto family murder and another murder in 1989. [1]
Aum Shinrikyo 8 Members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult released sarin gas near the homes of several judges who presiding over legal cases involving the cult. 500+ injured [22] 20 March 1995: Tokyo subway sarin attack: Tokyo Aum Shinrikyo 13 6,252 injured 25 July 1998: Wakayama arsenic poison case: Sonobe district of Wakayama, Wakayama ...
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 ...