# Canonical recap data for Aum Shinrikyo Tokyo Subway Attack (1995)
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title: Aum Shinrikyo Tokyo Subway Attack
subtitle: The doomsday cult released sarin nerve gas in crowded subway stations, killing 13 and injuring over 1,000, marking the first large-scale chemical weapon attack by a non-state actor.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1995-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1995
decade: 1990
country:
name: Japan
slug: japan
summaryShort: Aleph , better known by their former name Aum Shinrikyo , is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was then found to have been responsible for the Matsumoto sarin attack the previous year.
summaryLong: Aleph , better known by their former name Aum Shinrikyo , is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was then found to have been responsible for the Matsumoto sarin attack the previous year.
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heroImageCredit: Abasaa · via Wikipedia
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo"
  title: Aum Shinrikyo
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: Aleph , better known by their former name Aum Shinrikyo , is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried ou
wikidataQid: Q217408
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-18
  label: Aum Shinrikyo
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