Japan marked the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the Sarin Gas attack on the metro of Tokyo, killing more than a dozen people and injured more than 5,800.
A small group of Tokyo subway workers saw a moment of silence at an annual ceremony at Kasumigesi station at Kasumigesi station in the center of the capital district of the capital, targeted in the 1995 attack.
The victims and experts warned that the creed behind the coordinated attack remains active and recruiting young people.
Shizue Takahashi, 78, who was one of the then 50 -year -old husband killed, offered flowers at Kasumigesi station, where she worked.
“When I come here, I clearly remember that day, and I am filled with sorrow,” Takahashi said, who has become a tireless campaigner against the attack and Shinero Panth who carried out the attack.
“My life was not really so. It is disappointing to think,” he said.
On March 20, 1995, five members of the AUM creed dropped the bags of the Nazi-developed sarin nerve agent inside the commuter trains in the morning, piercing the pouch with sharp umbrella tips before running away.
Trains implicated passengers inside with deadly smoke.
Passengers came out of the stations and shutd their trains once, vomiting, fighting for vomiting and breathing, emergency workers provided care from the roadside.
13 people were killed in the attack, while a 14th victim died in 2020, causing severe brain damage in the attack.
More than 5,800 others were injured, many of whom still suffer from vision problems, fatigue and psychological trauma.
The creed wild -haired, almost blind leader Shoko Ashar was executed for 12 disciples in 2018, for attacks and other violent crimes.
Ashar, whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto, preached that apocalypse was coming and killings could increase souls in a high area.
Yuji Nakamura, a lawyer, who has also helped the victims of the cult, said that many remaining people still face health problems and call the government to offer more assistance.
“I hope the government will be more active in offering medical aid,” he said.
The AUM has been dissolved, but its dead leader is still worshiped by an estimated 1,600 members of successor groups.
Experts warn that groups are secretly reaching young recruits, where they are spreading posts, saying that the crimes of AUM were misrepresented, saying that they are secretly reaching young recruits, where the crimes of AUM were misrepresented.
Kenji Yatsunomia, a lawyer, who has also helped the victims, said that the government should snatch the wealth of the cult and close it for good.
“The fact that such a group is allowed to continue operations, is dangerous for Japanese society,” he said.
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