Asahara's charge sheet
 |
Subway passengers are treated after the 1995 gas attack.
Story Tools
YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS
|
Follow the news that matters to you. Create your own alert to be notified on topics you're interested in.
Or, visit Popular Alerts for suggestions.
|
|
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- The crimes of former cult leader Shoko Asahara, who was convicted and sentenced to death on Friday:
• March 20, 1995: Sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subways, killing 12 and sickening thousands.
• February 28, 1995: Abduction and murder of notary clerk Kiyoshi Kariya, whose sister wanted to leave Asahara's Aum Shinrikyo cult.
• January 4, 1995: Attempt to kill Hiroyuki Nagaoka, head of cult victims' association, with VX gas.
• December 12, 1994: Murder of Tadahito Hamaguchi with VX gas for suspicion of spying on cult.
• December 2, 1994: Attempted murder of Noboru Mizuno with VX gas for helping family of Aum member who wanted to leave the cult.
• July 1994: Murder of Aum-member Toshio Tomita, suspected of spying on cult.
• June 27, 1994: Sarin attack on central Japanese city of Matsumoto, killing seven people; aimed at judges expected to rule against cult in a court dispute.
• May 9, 1994: Attempted murder of anti-Aum lawyer Taro Takimoto with sarin gas.
• January 30, 1994: Murder of Kotaro Ochida, who helped an Aum member escape.
• November 4, 1989: Murder of anti-cult lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto, his wife and 1-year-old child.
• February 1989: Murder of cult member Shuji Taguchi for wanting to leave the group.
• Construction of sarin nerve gas production plant.
• Manufacture of guns.
Copyright 2004 The
Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
