Word: asahara
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...away on a bicycle. The cult is suspected -- but denies involvement -- in last week'snerve gas attackon the Tokyo subway system that killed 10 people and sickened thousands. The shooting of Kunimatsu, now hospitalized in serious condition, prompted police to step up their hunt for cult leader Shoko Asahara. Police reportedly want to ask Asahara whether highly educated scientists within the cult made the lethal nerve gas used in the subway attack...
...Kunimatsu, police have seized a cache of hazardous chemicals during raids on the sect's compounds. Kunimatsu was in serious condition after surgery requiring 21 pints of blood. The gunman wore a surgical mask and fled by bicycle. Police are trying to track down the cult's leader, Shoko Asahara, whose whereabouts have been unknown since the gas attack...
...Police found millions of dollars worth of yen, piles of gold bars and tons of chemicals in cult buildings, including theingredients of sarin-- the nerve gas used in the Tokyo attack -- as well as glycerin compounds that could be used to make explosives. The leader of the group, Shoko Asahara, remains at large although he has broadcast messages denying responsibility for the subway attack...