In June 2012 police in Japan arrested Katsuya Takahashi, 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 system
Takahashi had been the bodyguard of Aum Shinrikyo’s cult leader, Shoko Asahara (real name: Chizuo Matsumoto), who is on death row.
A former Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult member awaiting trial after 17 years on the run is still brainwashed.
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Police in Japan are trying to decide how to divide the $250,000 reward for information that led to the capture of the final suspects in the 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo’s subway.
Police in Japan will serve a fresh arrest warrant against former AUM Shinkrikyo member Naoko Kikuchi on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in connection with three VX nerve agent attacks in 1994 and 1995.
Kikuchi was arrested earlier this month after 17 years on the run, wanted for allegedly playing a role in the production of the nerve agent used in the cult’s deadly attack on the Tokyo subway.
Katsuya Takahashi, the Aum Shinrikyo cult member arrested last week after 17 years on the run, still worships the cult’s guru.
Police have recovered book published by the doomsday cult, along with cassette tape recordings by — and photos of — cult leader Shoko Asahara.
Police in Japan have 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 system.
The suspect, Katsuya Takahashi, 54, was caught in the Kamata area of Tokyo’s Ota Ward after spending 17 years on the run.
Japanese police are closing in on the last remaining fugitive wanted in connection with the Aum Shinrikyo cult’s deadly 1995 sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway.
Detectives are trailing just hours behind the last known whereabouts of Katsuya Takahashi.