Word: sarin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
TheTokyo subway gas attackwas just a rehearsal for a planned aerial bombardment of Tokyo with deadly liquid sarin, the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper reports. According to the paper, a notebook kept by Kiyohide Hayakawa, theAum Shinrikyo cult's No. 2 leader, details plans to destroy Japan's leadershipin a series of simultaneous guerrilla raids starting as early as next November. According to Ikuo Hayashi, another cult leader, the cult hoped to set up an "Aum Kingdom" by killing the country's top officials. The new disclosures add more fuel to speculation thatcult guru Shoko Asahara was planning to cause the apocalypse...
...Tokyo subway gas attack was just a rehearsal for a planned aerial bombardment of Tokyo with deadly liquid sarin, the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper reports. According to the paper, a notebook kept by Kiyohide Hayakawa, the Aum Shinrikyo cult's No. 2 leader, details plans to destroy Japan's leadership in a series of simultaneous guerrilla raids starting as early as next November. According to Ikuo Hayashi, another cult leader, the cult hoped to set up an "Aum Kingdom" by killing the country's top officials. The new disclosures add more fuel to speculation that cult guru Shoko Asahara was planning...
...bleachlike solution over military gear spotted with deadly droplets. Each week 10 tons of toxic agents and neutralizers would be burned in a 2,200¡ furnace, spewing what the Army says are harmless emissions from a 75-ft. stack. The toxins to be used at the facility are sarin and VX, among the most virulent chemicals known. While the military would make and store less than a quart of the toxins at any one time, that is enough to kill 850,000 people...
...custody today,Aum Shinrikyo cult leader Shoko Asaharadenied any responsibility in the sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subways. In a statement through lawyer Makoto Endo, the cult leader said "Absolutely no one from Aum spread sarin." Police interrogators report that the guru spoke to them on most subjects, but would complain of a liver ailment whenever asked about theMar. 20 attackand would not answer questions. Including Asahara, 21 sect members are jailed in connection with the attack. Police saythey will charge the sect leader with murder and attempted murder, but no formal charges have been filed. Authorities can hold...