Word: murai
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chemical-weapons detection gear, and owned a ranch in Australia, where the sarin gas was tested on sheep. For fear of being seen to be treading on religious freedom, Japanese police were reluctant to question key Aum figures until they had clinching evidence of their guilt. However, after Hideo Murai, a top Aum science official, was murdered on April 23, possibly to silence him, authorities decided to take in other key leaders linked to sarin production...
...leader of the cult suspected in theMar. 20 nerve gas attackin the Tokyo subways died from knife wounds he received yesterday. Hideo Murai, thehead of the Aum Shinrikyo cult's chemical research division, had appeared on Japanese television almost daily since thegas attacksto deny that the cult had anything to do with them. He was attacked yesterday by Hiroyuki Jo, a member of a right-wing group who told police that he was seeking revenge for the subway attack...