Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
In 1995, an obscure Japanese religion launched a chemical attack on the Tokyo metro.
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Sarin, a liquid dispersed as vapour, kills by disrupting the nervous system, causing fatal seizures and an agonising death. It has been used by terrorists before, in 1995, when an extremist cult ...
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Ceremony held for victims of 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo
On that fateful day, Aum Shinrikyo members had used umbrellas with sharpened tips to puncture plastic bags filled with liquid sarin, releasing the deadly nerve gas into the packed commuter trains ...
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VX - all you need to know about the poison in the North Korean drama
It is a clear, tasteless and colourless liquid with a consistency something ... While the Aum Supreme Truth doomsday cult used sarin gas in its subway attack, it is believed to have used VX ...
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1995 sarin victim makes film to confront member of Aum Shinrikyo
Atsushi Sakahara, 54, narrowly survived the sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo ... A newspaper was at his feet leaking out a transparent liquid. Sakahara could not focus his eyes and had strange ...