He caused 14 deaths and at least 6,300 injured in the subway
Tokyo stops to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the attack with Sarin nerve gas, orchestrated by the Suit Shinrikyo sect in the metro of the capital, and considered one of the worst episodes related to terrorism in the history of the post -war period of the country.
On March 20, 1995, a highly toxic substance was launched inside the trains out of three subway lines, at the top hour of the morning, causing fourteen victims, with about 6,300 people who were injured.
From 8 in the morning, roughly the time when the attack occurred, at the Kasumigaseki metro station, a special ceremonial was set up to allow the arrangement of flowers offers on the scene of one of the attacks.
Thirteen members of the leadership of the former sect, including the leader Shoko Asahara, whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto, were sentenced to death for the attack of 30 years ago with Sarin gas and numerous other crimes, including another similar accident a year before in the Prefecture of Nagano, and were executed in 2018.
