Osaka Municipal Subway

The Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack, was considered a domestic terrorism. On March 20, 1995 Japan’s First chemical warfare attack occur. On a Monday morning, what seemed to be normal day in Kasumigaseki subway station. A disasters was about to occur. This act was caused by the members of Aum Shinrikyo, whom had 10 participants. This terrorism was considered to be religious attack. It’s mission was to take upon himself as well as others the sins the people or “world” as he called. Also he claimed that…

doing today. Aum Shinrikyo experimented with and produced chemical agents like: sarin, VX, phosgene, and sodium cyanide. As well as biological weapons: anthrax, botulism and Q fever. Aum Shinrikyo was not on anyone’s radar until their attack on a subway station in central Tokyo on March 20, 1995, in which twelve people died and more than five thousand were injured. After the attack Japanese and American authorities discovered that the group owned a twelve acre chemical weapons factory in Tokyo,…

Imagine pure pandemonium, as people are running around frantically trying to escape a moving subway train. People are dropping all around and there is no place to go. What they once thought to be just another daily commute, turned out to be a day that would change their lives forever. No one had anticipated Sarin gas being on those trains. Who had committed such a despicable act? It would not be long before police officials would figure out who. While Aum Shinrikyo also attempted attacks…

A simplified definition of terrorism is “an act or threatened act of violence against innocent people for political purposes” (White, 2014, p. 4). Since the sarin attack on the Japanese subway in 1995, governments are taking measures to prevent and respond to terroristic attacks utilizing chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear weapons (CBRN). Robyn Pangi identifies that chemical attacks, such as the one committed by the Aum Shinrikyo (Aum) in Japan, are different from conventional…

Biological terrorism, known as bioterrorism, is becoming an increasing danger to Western civilization. The possibility of terrorists obtaining extremely dangerous chemicals is rising alarmingly fast. In a biological attack, many people are likely to die or get extremely ill within the first few minutes, whereas in a normal bombing or shootout, fewer would be killed, and in a less inhumane manner, even though all forms of terrorism are unacceptable and will not be tolerated without any…

In 1995, a subway system located in Tokyo Japan was the target of a terrorist attack by a radical religious cult known as the Aum Shinrikyo. Their strategy included converging at the Kasumigaseki station and dispersing poisonous gas (sarin) into the air. This attack was not considered to be politically motivated; rather, it was an attack stimulated by the desire to distress the Japanese government, in an attempt to seize power. The attack was inclusive of five subways systems, and resulted in…