Aum Shinrikyo
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 Aum Shinrikyo(Cult)   | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1987 |
| Leader | Shoko Asahara |
| Cult with a lot of scientists involved. | |
Aum Shinrikyo, now continued as Aleph, is a Japanese doomsday cult and terrorist organization founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was found to have been responsible for the Matsumoto sarin attack the previous year.
The cult experimented with all kinds of weapons of mass destruction.
External links
- Revisiting Aum Shinrikyo: New Insights into the Most Extensive Non-State Biological Weapons Program to Date
- The Aftermath of Aum Shinrikyo: A New Paradigm for Terror?
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