Tokyo subway attack of 1995: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	March 20, 1995
Location	Japan • Tokyo
Participants	Aleph

Photos

Tokyo subway attack of 1995

Workers in camouflage uniforms and gas masks scrub the floor of a Tokyo subway car, cleaning after the 1995 sarin gas attack.

Japanese Self Defense Agency personnel in camouflage uniforms and gas masks clean a subway train platform after the 1995 Tokyo sarin gas attack.

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Topics

new religious movement sarin

Key People

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Asahara Shoko

Japanese religious leader