Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

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 with botulin toxin and anthrax spores, they have an extensive history with the use of sarin gas. Aum Shinrikyo facilities were raided by law enforcement where high-end chemical producing equipment was seized, cult members drove a converted truck into…

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…

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…

chemists, biologists and engineers much like ISIS is 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…

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 terroristic attacks because the effects of the attack can be reduced due to interventions made both…

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 retaliation. Side effects of biological weapons before death occurs include: Pinpoint pupils, excessive production…

reputation by using violence. Reputation is a difficult thing to build, which explains why they chose to take the extreme route of creating it. The reputation of Aum Shinrikyo mattered to Shoko Asahara, as he cared most about gaining power, and violence helped his attempt to achieve that power. Aum Shinrikyo is a Japanese cult that followed several beliefs core to the way that it operates. To create an initial cult following, Asahara began his organization out of the power vacuum left from the…

(1) Discuss the Aum Shinrikyo attack. What made the attack successful? Why were the casualties relatively low? March 20, 1995 a major subway line in Tokyo, Japan was attacked by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Apparently, this was a rush job after the cult found out that the police were going to raid their facilities. Some cult members were assigned to put liquid sarin into plastic bags and drop them off in different cars on the busy Kasumigaseki subway line. Afterwards, they were to puncture these…

Although Sarin has been around for a very long time its effects, while very deadly, have not been very well studied. It is a dangerous chemical that has had no other purpose or intention then killing people quickly and effectively. Sarin is a clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that has been used in terrorist attacks all over the world. The main attacks carried out by the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo on the Tokyo Subway in 1995 and in the Iran-Iraq Conflict in the 80’s (Simpson, 2004). Although…

Underground In the spring of 1995, Japan faced a catastrophe that would forever embed itself in the history of the nation. This event was the 1995 Tokyo Sarin gas attack. During this event Sarin gas was released in the Tokyo subway system resulting in twelve dead and thousands injured. This attack was conducted by five members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult (Aum). In his book Underground, Haruki Murakami interviewed the victims and ex-members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in order to discover what…