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20 Mar, 1995

Sarin released on Tokyo subway: 12 dead and 5,500 injured

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Five AUM Shinrikyo members release  the deadly nerve gas Sarin on five separate trains, all bound for Tsukiji Station in central Tokyo. 12 people die and 5,500 others are injured to some degree by the toxic fumes.

Sarin gas attack in Tokyo Japan 1995 KBRN / NBC www.umke.org