sarin gas attack

Aum fugitive's weakness for manga may have led to...
Katsuya Takahashi, a former Aum Shinrikyo cult member, is taken away on June 15. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
The last fugitive from the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult gave himself up quietly outside a 24-hour manga cafe in Tokyo on June 15 after more than 17 years on the run.
UPDATE: Tokyo police arrest last Aum Shinrikyo...
An updated facial portrait of the man believed to be Katsuya Takahashi as he would appear today at age 54
Police on June 15 arrested the last fugitive from the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult on suspicion of murder in connection with the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway...
Aum fugitive worked in nursing care while on the run
Naoko Kikuchi (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Naoko Kikuchi, on the run since the murderous attack on Tokyo's subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in March 1995, found work in nursing care, forged a new identity and...
No end to suffering of Aum Shinrikyo victims
Kazuo Asakawa tells his sister Yukiko that the last trial for Aum Shinrikyo's crimes ended on Nov. 21. (Shiro Nishihata)
Blind and barely able to move, Sachiko Asakawa listened as her brother informed her on Nov. 21 that the last trial for Aum Shinrikyo's crimes had ended.
EDITORIAL: Lessons from Aum Shinrikyo's crimes must ...
All the trials for the series of crimes perpetrated by the Aum Shinrikyo cult are now over.
Survivor of sarin attack moves on to set diving...
Misuzu Hirai with her fin (Toshiyuki Matsumoto)
After arriving early at her station, Misuzu Hirai rode on a different subway car than her usual one on March 20, 1995. The change may have saved her life.
Judge who spared Aum doctor still has doubts about...
Doubt still haunts the presiding judge who handed down a life sentence, instead of one of death, to one of the five members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult for carrying out...
Last of trials to close out Aum Shinrikyo rampage
Aum Shinrikyo founder Chizuo Matsumoto (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Behind bars for the rest of his life and with plenty of time to think, Shigeo Sugimoto blames only himself for his role in Aum Shinrikyo's deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on ...
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