Japanese police arrested Aum Supreme Truth guru Shoko Asahara today on suspicion of murder in connection with the deadly poison gas attack against Tokyo subway riders,. It has played a key role in influencing other Shortly after its founding, however, Asahara believed he had been selected by the Hindu god Shiva to create a utopian society and set about trying to elect members of his ascetic cult to the. The attack left 13 people dead, and more than 6,000 others suffering the. 20, 1995, when a sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway system left 13 people dead and hundreds injured. It has played a key role in influencing otherShortly after its founding, however, Asahara believed he had been selected by the Hindu god Shiva to create a utopian society and set about trying to elect members of his ascetic cult to the. Asahara guided the attack, according to testimony by his right-hand man, Yoshihiro Inoue, who also was executed Friday. Shoko Asahara, leader of the religious group Aum. Aum Shinrikyo was established by Shoko Asahara, and it disseminated a unique doctrine. Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult that carried out a deadly sarin attack on Tokyo's subway in 1995, was executed on Friday, two decades after the group's shocking crime. Reporting from TOKYO —. The gunmen has been identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old former member of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Shoko Asahara, executed Friday for his role in the deadly 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo's subway, used a mixture of charisma and mysticism to lure followers to his Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. Today, Mr. He was convicted in 11 cult crimes in which 25 people were killed. By Kevin Sullivan. His once-flowing beard is shorn to prison-regulation length and flecked with grey, and his almost sightless eyes are. Asahara and members of his sect were. Yet the group, a mixture of outcasts, weirdos, sad sacks, and self-professed. Prior to being a cult leader, Asahara was a television personality, the owner of a. A pedestrian walks past a screen flashing news on the execution of Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, in Tokyo on July 6, 2018. Cult leader Shoko Asahara, real name Chizuo Matsumoto. Nagaoka helped persuade one lay cultist, whom Asahara was planning to appoint as a key member of the sect's household agency, to leave Aum, Inoue said. The trial revealed that Asahara had given the green light to launch the chemical attacks on the metro as he intended to blame America and kick start WW3 before overthrowing the Japanese. That a chemical weapon created by the Nazis. Yoshio Sakamoto died Nov. The group had already carried out several assassinations and terrorist. Twelve people died and hundreds more were. 20, 1995, when a sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway system left 13 people dead and hundreds injured. The Aum Supreme Truth cult was founded by Shoko Asahara in Japan in 1984;. TOKYO: Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult that carried out a deadly sarin attack on Tokyo's subway in 1995, was executed on Friday, local media reported. Japan prepares to execute up to 13 members of Aum. Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult that carried out a deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, was executed by hanging Friday along with six. July 26, 2018. At the time of his murder, Sakamoto was known as an anti-cult lawyer. poor, his father being a tatami (mat) maker. Twelve people died and a further 6,000 were. They ran sham computer and health-food businesses and collected donations to amass wealth to buy land and equipment. Police suspect that several members died during cult rituals. Police was first alerted about the incident around 8:00 am as panic soon set in, with subway workers screaming at people to evacuate and passengers convulsing on carriage floors. 6th July 2018, 03:12 PDT. Years later, as the pyjama-clad, bearded leader of a cult with 10,000 members in Japan and others in Russia and elsewhere, Asahara rode in a white Rolls Royce and was served by followers catering. Asahara Shoko and Aum Shinrikyo prove that people will indeed die for a lie. Why you can trust SCMP. In 1995 it carried out a Sarin chemical attack that killed 13 people and injured thousands more. 1 The Tokyo Subway Sarin attack by Aum Shinrikyo in 1995 is labelled as the most significant terrorist attack in Japan’s modern history. Japanese Justice Minister talks about the seven cult members executed over deadly sarin attack on Tokyo subway. 1995-05-16 04:00:00 PDT Tokyo -- Shoko Asahara, the mysterious leader of the Aum Shinri Kyo sect, met with rejection and. The Aum Shinrikyo cult was founded by Shoko Asahara, also known as Chizuo Matsumoto (above). A few months later, in April 1989, Asahara’s most devoted followers killed a group member who had witnessed the earlier fatal incident and wanted to leave the organization. An undated photo of Japanese cult leader Shoko Asahara “levitating”. 13 Aum members, including cult leader Shoko Asahara, were sentenced to death, and were executed in 2018. . I want to live quietly with my children. A. Roberto Pfeil/AP. Masami Tsuchiya is second most important figure involved in 1994 and 1995 gas attacks by Aum Shinrikyo cultIn all, 12 followers had been on death row with Asahara for the crimes, which killed 27 people. The Nazi-invented gas, spread by Aum cult members through packed trains in the morning rush hour, killed 12 people and injured thousands, stunning the world. The Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) was founded in 1987 by Shoko Asahara, a forty-year old legally blind former yoga teacher. Shoko Asahara, the secretive cult leader believed to have been the mastermind behind the March 20 poison gas attack on Tokyo's subways, was arrested this morning as. Shoko Asahara, guru of the doomsday Aum Shinrikyo cult, October 1 1990 Credit: JIJI PRESS/AFP. He was the leader of the 40,000-strong Aum Shinrikyo cult, which sneaked plastic bags full of sarin nerve gas onto packed subway cars and burst them during the Monday morning rush hour. Years later, as the pyjama-clad, bearded leader of a cult with 10,000 members in Japan and others in Russia and elsewhere, Asahara rode in a white Rolls Royce and was served by followers catering. Shoko Asahara, the doomsday cult leader who masterminded the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995, has been executed alongside several of his followers. The experts in the documentary were quick to point out that the members of Aum Shinrikyo exponentially grew from 10,000 to 40,000 worldwide, and that was only possible because of the controlled. Colleagues of a 33-year-old lawyer who was murdered along with his family in 1989, by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult prayed at his grave site in Kamakura on Monday. However, the cult was behind two of Tokyo’s deadliest attacks. a 34-year-old protester died on August 10, during their protest rally in central. World's Most Chilling Cults. Shoko Asahara, who was born on the main island of Honshu, Japan, was initially jailed for manufacturing fake drugs and founded the Aum Shinrikyo cult in 1984 after being released from prison. A former senior member of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult who is on death row has described the founder and “guru” he once revered, Shoko Asahara, as a “criminal” in a recently published memoir. Aum Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, photographed in 1990: was described as a malignant Pied Piper, a half-blind guru who claimed to have supernatural powers, including the ability to float. A male escort named Mike Jones publicly claimed that Haggard had been a client for years. From 1987 he worked as a lawyer at Yokohama Law Offices. Shoko Asahara and 12 other leaders and members were transported to several facilities and hanged, representing the largest execution in Japan’s modern history. Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃, 2 March 1955 – 1 April 1994) was the founder and leader of Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo, His original name was Chizuo Matsumoto. Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, masterminded the sarin gas attack. A former senior member of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult who is on death row has described the founder and “guru” he once revered, Shoko Asahara, as a “criminal” in a recently. By AFP News. Kazuaki Okazaki (岡崎一明, Okazaki Kazuaki, October 8, 1960 – July 26, 2018) was a Japanese convicted multiple murderer and former member of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo who co-perpetrated the Sakamoto family murder and another murder in 1989. Shoko Asahara Biography Shoko Asahara, born Chizuo Matsumoto, was the founder and leader of Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese doomsday cult responsible for the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack that killed 13 people and injured over 5,000 others. Reuters. These are all terms which describe Japan's Shoko Asahara, founder of the apocalypse cult Aum Shinrikyo. Tokyo District Court Judge Shoji Ogawa, after 8-year trial, sentences Shoko Asahara, former leader of religious cult Aum Shinrikyo, to death for masterminding sarin gas attack in Tokyo subway in. Asahara Shoko, founder of AUM Shinrikyo (“Supreme Truth”; renamed Aleph in 2000), a millenarian new religious movement in Japan. In the fallout, Aum Shinriko members everywhere were rounded up, including their self-proclaimed “Jesus” leader Shoko Asahara (who was on the title photo), and thrown in jail. Justin McCurry in Tokyo. TOKYO (AP) — Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara and six followers were executed Friday for their roles in a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other. The defendant, Shoko Asahara, 41, the guru of the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult, has been a stubborn, unpredictable defendant who during a year of court proceedings has refused to enter any plea. Many believe the photo and the claims of levitation to be fakeShoko Asahara, 63, was executed on July 6 last year, along with six other senior members of the cult, for a series of crimes, including the 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway trains, which. Chizuo Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, was hanged for his role in the March 20, 1995, sarin gas attacks on the capital’s subway system that killed 14 people and sickened thousands, as. TOKYO (AP) — The execution of Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara leaves unanswered questions about Aum Shinrikyo, which carried out the 1995 sarin gas attack. Lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto, 33, his wife Satoko, 29, and their one-year-old son Tatsuhiko were abducted and killed by the cult on Nov 4, 1989. In all, 13 cult members were sentenced to death during more than 20 years of trials, which came to an end in January 2018. 1995 - Tokyo subway attack. Death penalty for Japan cult guru. A further two cult members – Katsuya. Asahara’s execution on July 6 for a string of attacks that killed 27 people, including the victims felled in Japan’s first terrorist attack of the sort, brought back memories of that clear. Shoko Asahara is accused of masterminding deadly gas attack on Tokyo subway system. Shoko Asahara was the head of Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, also known as the Supreme Truth. Shoko Asahara ( , Asahara Shk, born March 2, 1955 as Chizuo Matsumoto ( , Matsumoto Chizuo)) was the founder of the Japanese Doomsday cult group Aum Shinrikyo. Shoko Asahara, who led the Aum Shinrikyo cult and believed. The attack was the worst in modern Japanese history, and prompted global concern about terrorist groups obtaining chemical weapons. Indeed, cult leaders ranging from Manson to Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple to Jaime Gomez (aka the Buddhafield) to Heaven’s Gate leader Marshall Applewhite to Shoko Asahara, the leader of the. April 24, 1996 — The trial of Asahara. Combined, the attacks resulted in 21 deaths and thousands of. Asahara and members of his sect were found guilty of carrying out a 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 13 people and injured some 5,500. Several Aum members were found guilty of masterminding both incidents. She has seen Shoko Asahara, the founder of the cult, roll his eyes during hearings. Sara Aldrete was part of a secret group called the “Narcosatanicos” or “Satanic drug cult” in Matamoros during the 1980s. While the trial of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara has proceeded at a snail's pace, with prosecutors examining only nine out of the 17 counts that he faces to date, his disciples' trials have entered their final stages before the district court. The 1995 subway attack was the most audacious. Under instructions from Aum leader Shoko Asahara, 15 senior members conspired to take plastic bags containing sarin onto five Tokyo subway trains, which were converging at Kasumigaseki Station in. The cult's leader, Shoko Asahara, was accused of masterminding the attack. 09/29/2017. Aleph, Japanese new religious movement founded in 1987 as AUM Shinrikyo (“AUM Supreme Truth”) by Matsumoto Chizuo, known to his followers as Master Asahara Shoko. Thirteen people died, and thousands of others were injured. Cult member Makoto Hirata was also jailed. Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult which carried out a deadly chemical attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995 have been executed, including cult leader Shoko Asahara. AFP/Getty Images. Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃 Asahara Shōkō, March 2, 1955 – July 6, 2018), born Chizuo Matsumoto (松本 智津夫 Matsumoto Chizuo), was the founder of the Japanese. Sept. Members of the cult were rounded up after the attack and after 20 years of trials, all but one of those who were indicted were convicted. Kevin Sullivan. Aleph (Japanese: アレフ, Hepburn: Arefu), better known by their former name Aum Shinrikyo (オウム真理教, Oumu Shinrikyō, literally 'Supreme Truth'), is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. On March 20, 1995, members of Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo ("supreme truth") unleashed sarin gas on Tokyo's metro commuters, killing 13 people and injuring as many as 6,000 more. The execution of Asahara brings to an end the long saga of his eight-year trial and 14 years on death row. On Friday, Japan marked 20 years since members of a shadowy cult let off deadly sarin nerve gas in Tokyo's subway system. Asahara was born on March 2, 1955 as Chizuo Matsumoto in Yatsushiro, Japan. IE 11 is not supported. Asahara hardly spoke throughout his trial. On March 20, 1995, the group released plastic bags containing homemade sarin, a toxic nerve gas, on five. The execution of the six came nearly three weeks after the group’s leader, Shoko Asahara, was put to death along with six other followers. He founded Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese doomsday cult, in 1984. Shoko Asahara (born Chizuo Matsumoto) was the leader of Aum Shinrikyo, a sect responsible for a Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995. 1977 - Left school. Thirteen people died, and close to 6000 others experienced persistent problems as a result of exposure to the toxic substance. That during 1992-93 Aum leaders visiting Russia approached Russian science ofcials to seek laser and nuclear technologies and that Shoko Asahara met Nikolay Basov while Asahara was. May 16, 1995. In all, 13 cult members were sentenced to death during more than 20 years of trials, which came to an end in January 2018. A former Aum Shinrikyo follower who has admitted being involved in the killing of an anti-Aum lawyer said Feb. The Sarin. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was found to have been responsible for another smaller sarin attack the previous year. He faces the death penalty by hanging if convicted. The. 15, 2006, 1:30 AM PDT / Source: The Associated Press Japan’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence of doomsday cult founder Shoko Asahara for the. The main objective is to manage the cult, collect resources. Aleph is a Japanese doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987 as “AUM Shinrikyo” (AUM Supreme Truth). Prime suspect in the Tokyo subway gas attack, he is no mere crackpot cult leader: police have uncovered. The last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who remained on death row were executed Thursday for a series of crimes in the 1990s including a sarin gas attack on Tokyo subways that killed 13 pe…Aum Shinrikyo (オウム真理教, Oumu Shinrikyō) was a cult/terrorist group in Japan. To quote Clarence Darrow: "I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction. This is. C 9 June 1993 confirmed Aum The perpetrators attempted to spread what they thought was botulinum toxin in Tokyo, Japan, during. By T. Shoko Asahara and 12 other leaders and members were transported to several facilities and hanged, representing the largest execution in Japan’s modern history. According to Japanese media reports, the execution took place. Furthermore, Asahara believed World War III would lead to a nuclear war and the eventual end of the. Asahara preached a strange mix of Buddhist and Hindu meditation with apocalyptic teachings, which amassed a 200-strong live-in following and over 10,000 international supporters at its peak. In this file picture taken on July 19, 1995, Shoko Asahara (centre), head of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is transferred from Tokyo police headquarters to Tokyo District Court for questioning. AFP/Getty Images. The leader of a doomsday cult was today convicted and sentenced to death for masterminding a nerve gas attack on the Tokyo underground that killed 12 people. In early January, Wakashio Togashi was found dead in a bath tub after three hours in scalding hot water. The attack left more than a dozen people dead and thousands injured. In Japan, the death penalty is carried out by. Shoko Asahara headed the Aum Shinrikyo cult. " Source for information on Asahara, Shoko (Chizuo. Some members lived in a commune-like complex Asahara established at the foot of Mount Fuji, where the group studied his teachings, practised bizarre rituals and gathered an arsenal of weapons -. Chizuo Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, was hanged for his role in the March 20, 1995, sarin gas attacks on the capital’s subway system that killed 14 people and sickened thousands, as. Aum Shinrikyo cult members, alongside group founder Shoko Asahara (4th from L), speak at a press conference in Tokyo to announce a plan to field candidates for the general election in this photo. THE leader of a Japanese death cult which carried out a deadly Sarin attack was executed on Thursday night. The. TOKYO >> The execution of Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara leaves unanswered questions about Aum Shinrikyo, which carried out the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed. The executions of a doomsday cult leader and six followers close a chapter on one of Japan's most shocking crimes, the 1995 poison gas attack on Tokyo subway commuters that killed 13 and sickened. All 13 members of the cult who had been death row have. In the following months, there were about 40 fights at gatherings of Communists, and many LaRouche members were arrested. Her father was Shoko Asahara, the leader of Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese doomsday cult. — TOMOMASA NAKAGAWA: 55, had been a doctor and helped the cult produce sarin and VX nerve agents. Founded by Shoko Asahara in 1984, this is a Japanese doomsday cult that is still active today. 27 — Shoko Asahara, the former leader of the religious cult that released deadly sarin gas into the Tokyo subway in 1995, was found guilty today of directing the attack and other. Asahara was sentenced to death in 2004, and his final appeal failed in 2011. Fri 27 Feb 2004 20. The doomsday cult’s name. Cult leader Shoko Asahara is among those on death row. The. Chizuo Matsumoto, who went by the name Shoko Asahara, was the first of 13 cult members scheduled to. 39 EST Eight years after the start of his trial, Shoko Asahara, the founder of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Supreme Truth, was yesterday sentenced to be hanged for. This article contains spoilers for HOW TO BECOME A CULT LEADER episode 5. The head of the cult, Shoko Asahara, was found guilty of masterminding the attacks in 2004. What started as a yoga and meditation group morphed into an amalgamation of Buddhist and Christian theology, with charismatic leader Asahara at the center. Earlier this month, the Justice Ministry transferred seven of the 13 on death row from theMurai sometimes has been described as ranking just below Shoko Asahara, the bearded guru who started the Aum cult. His growing cult ran for a parliamentary election in 1990 but failed to get enough votes. Reid.