Word: shinri
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...evening rush hour at a popular shopping mall. The mall is near Yokohama's main train station whereWednesday 509 people were sent to hospitalswhen someone released gas there. In neither case was anyone seriously injured. Although Japanese authorities still have not charged anyone,suspicion still centers on the Aum Shinri Kyo sect, which officials suspect in theMarch 20 release of nerve gason Tokyo's subways that killed 12 people. Government officials are considering removing the legal religious status of the sect, which has denied any involvement in the attacks
...while the incident seemed to be a deliberate act, the gas was not poisonous. No one was seriously injured. TIME Japan correspondent Irene Maciulis-Kunii said that some in Japan are even seeing this as the perfect terrorist attack: "You make your point, and nobody really gets hurt."Aum Shinri Kyo, the Japanese cult suspected in the Mar. 20nerve gas attackon Tokyo subways, immediately denied involvement. Police said they believe the attack differs enough from the one in Tokyo to be a copycat crime. People affected by the fumes today complained of stinging eyes, coughs and dizziness, but there were...
Panic erupted in Yokohama's main train station this morning when a mysterious gas spread through an underground passage, sickening at least 261 people.Aum Shinri Kyo, the Japanese cult suspectedin theMar. 20 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways, immediately denied any involvement. Thousands of commuters poured out of the station, jamming sidewalks and streets, while sirens wailed and about 10 police helicopters circled overhead. Police, firefighters and chemical weapons experts, some wearing gas masks, were checking the station for the source of a foul chemical odor. (A college student told the Associated Press she saw firefighters clad removing...
...Japanese police fanned out today in a desperate search for cult leaders suspected in last month'snerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway. Coast guard patrols checked boats leaving the country, and police in Tokyo went on "emergency alert." The reason: in a book released last month,Aum Shinri Kyo cultleader Shoko Asahara predicted a disaster in Tokyo this weekend. Other police units concentrated on crowded neighborhoods in case cult members interpreted the prediction as a sign to do damage. At the same time, other cult leaders went on trial in Moscow for "corrupting" the 35,000 young followers...
...owned by thereligious cult suspected in the Mar. 20 Tokyo subway attacksthat killed 11 people and injured about 5,000 others, according to media reports. A chemical called methylphosphon acid monoisopropyl, which can only be created when sarin decomposes, was found in a laboratory that belongs to the Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth) sect on Friday, NHK television and the Yomiuri newspaper said. Though police have so far found chemical stockpiles that include all the ingredients of sarin, sophisticated laboratory equipment, secret plants and documents, they have yet to find enough evidence to pin the attacks on the cult.The cult...