Executed Shoko Asahara, leader of the sect responsible for the sarin gas slaughter in the Tokyo metro – 05/07/2018

Shoko Asahara (63) former guru of the cult "Aum Shinrikyo" (Supreme Truth) responsible for the sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway in March 1995, was executed on Friday morning Japan local media reported.

Shoko Asahara, whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto, was sentenced to death on February 27, 2004, as well as twelve accomplices involved in the attack with a nerve agent cost the life to 13 people and caused several injuries, some irreversible, to 6,300 others

In 2012, the date of Execution was postponed due to the arrest of other members of the sect who were fugitives.

Arrested in May 1995, has always denied committing a crime Despite declarations of his former disciples who involved him

Juvenile left eye glaucoma and famous for his long beard, his colorful robes and his Rolls-Royce, the charismatic guru preached the advent of A war of apocalyptic proportions from which would emerge a race of superhumans – his followers –

To speed up the new order, Asahara was planning to destroy the previous one. In this context, on March 20, 1995, the sarin gas attack took place in the Tokyo subway

Asahara had brought together a small group of young scientists who were studying methods of mbad destruction. The leader of the biological weapons sect was Seiichi Endo, who had to turn some deadly germs into easily dispersed material.

Before this attack, which shocked the country, Japan experienced a growth of the Aum sect in the region. The 1980s and 1990s, between astonishment and anguish.

Mystical leader Asahara visited television programs and stands during election campaigns to attract the attention of citizens, including young top scientists, doctors and lawyers. 19659014] [ad_2]
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