Word: arresting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...them, Andrew Puopolo '77, suffered extensive brain damage from a lack of oxygen after he was stabbed. After a 31-day coma, the star defensive back died of cardiac arrest...
...pajama suit lying in a compartment about 10 ft. long and 3 ft. high. With him were a cassette player, some medicine and a bag containing $106,000 in cash. Followers had apparently sealed Asahara into the hiding place a day or so earlier when it became clear his arrest was imminent...
...while hundreds of photographers and reporters looked on. The press had been camped out in front of the compound for hours. The van sped in a small convoy on the highway back to Tokyo with news helicopters in pursuit. During the drive, officials informed Asahara that he was under arrest in connection with the murder of 12 people killed in the sarin attack on the Tokyo subway on March 20. Asahara responded, "Could a blind man like me possibly do such a thing...
...arrest brought the first spell of relief from the fear that had gripped Japan for two months. The nation had been holding its breath, worried that another horror would occur before police built their case against Aum. On May 5 a cleaning woman in Tokyo's sprawling Shinjuku station found a hydrogen-cyanide gas bomb before it went off. The device had been placed near a ventilation duct that would have spread the gas quickly. It was potent enough to have killed 10,000 people...
...break came after the arrest on April 26 of Masami Tsuchiya, 30, a doctoral student in organic chemistry who police said led the effort to make sarin. Charged initially with the minor crime of helping other Aum members evade arrest, he was extensively questioned about the sarin attack. In consultation with a psychologist, police found they were able to break Tsuchiya quickly, despite his reputation as a hard-core Aum member. Shoko Egawa, an expert on the cult, offered an explanation: "The best-educated members were really prized by Asahara and did not go through the same indoctrination that...