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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.
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: 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 Osaka 117 Yoshihiro Inoue: 48 M Osaka 118 Tomomasa Nakagawa: 55 M Hiroshima 119 Kiyohide Hayakawa: 68 M Fukuoka 120 Satoru Hashimoto: 51 M 26 July 2018 [19] Tokyo 121 Yasuo Hayashi: 60 M Sendai ...
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 sarin gas attack killed 13 people and sickened more than 6,000
Asahara also sent Lin Tainan to Russia to receive shooting training. While staying in Jiuyise Village, the stronghold of Aum Shinrikyo, Lin Tainan also developed a relationship with a female Aum Shinrikyo believer. Before Shoko Asahara decided to carry out the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995, Lin Tainan was selected as one of the poisoners.
Concerning the former members who now testify against their guru [Asahara] who did them so much good, I believe their suffering is based on the perceptions that this world is real". [citation needed] Niimi was among the first seven of the Aum Shinrikyo members on death row to be executed on 6 July 2018, including leader Shoko Asahara. [5]
[12] [13] His body was found hanging by a rope in a closet in his hotel room in Thailand, [14] [15] and there was evidence of a recent orgasm. [16] Two autopsies were conducted and concluded his death was not suicide. The Thai forensic pathologist who examined his body stated his death may have been due to autoerotic asphyxiation.