Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

The Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, usually referred to in the Japanese media as the 地下鉄サリン事件 (chikatetsu sarin jiken "subway sarin incident") was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated by members of the religious group Aum Shinrikyo on March 20, 1995. In five coordinated attacks, the conspirators released sarin gas on several lines of the Tokyo Subway, killing twelve people and injuring some six thousand more. The attack was directed against trains passing through Kasumigaseki and Nagatacho, home to the Japanese government. This was (and remains, as of 2005) the most serious attack that has occurred in Japan since the end of the Second World War.

See also

• sarin
• AUM Shinrikyo
• Underground (stories)
• Japan
• Islamist terror bombings in France (July – October 1995)
• 9/11 attacks in the United States (11 September 2001)
• Jerusalem bus 20 massacre (21 November 2002)
• Jerusalem bus 2 massacre (19 August 2003)
• Moscow Metro bombing (6 February 2004)
• Madrid train bombings (11 March 2004)
• 7 July 2005 London bombings (July 72005)