Shoko Asahara

Shoko Asahara

male, 54 years old
prisoner sentenced to death, from Kumamoto Prefecture, terrorist, Chizuo Matsumoto, SaringasattackontheTokyosubway, Prisoners sentenced to death
Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃 "Asahara Shōkō") (born Chizuo Matsumoto on March 2, 1955) is the founder of Japan's controversial Buddhist religious group Aum...
Ikuo Hayashi

Ikuo Hayashi

male, 62 years old
medical doctor, lsd, hallucinogen, hallucinogenous, keio university, aum shinrikyo…SaringasattackontheTokyosubway
is a former AUM Shinrikyo member indicted for participation in the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. Prior to joining AUM, Hayashi was a senior...

Tomomitsu Niimi

male
aum shinrikyo, hatha yoga, SaringasattackontheTokyosubway, Sakamoto family murder, Tokyo subway gas attack, siddhasana
Tomomitsu Niimi is a former Aum Shinrikyo member indicted for participation in the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway and a number of other...
Masami Tsuchiya

Masami Tsuchiya

male
scientist, aum shinrikyo, sarin, SaringasattackontheTokyosubway, Chizuo Matsumoto
Masami Tsuchiya is a former senior Aum Shinrikyo scientist who played a leading role in the production of lethal chemicals including sarin....
Steve Booth

Steve Booth

male
The Irrationalists, Saxon Wood, City-Death, Noel Molland, GANDALF trial, GANDALF Defence campaign…SaringasattackontheTokyosubway
Steve Booth is a British political activist and journalist, and was one of the defendants in the GANDALF trial. He first became involved with the...

Yoshiyuki Kouno

male
aum shinrikyo, matsumoto, sarin, attack, Matsumoto, Nagano, SaringasattackontheTokyosubway…attack on the Tokyo subway
Yoshiyuki Kouno was a victim of the Matsumoto incident, a sarin attack that killed seven people and sickened many more in Matsumoto, Japan, on the...
Atika Shubert

Atika Shubert

female
Tufts University, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan Self-Defense Forces, SaringasattackontheTokyosubway, 2006 North Korean nuclear test, atomic bombing…sarin gas attack, the new zealand herald, the washington post
Atika Shubert is a CNN journalist who has served as the network's Jerusalem bureau chief since late 2006. Prior to working for CNN, she was a...