Matsumoto sarin attack

Matsumoto sarin attack
LocationMatsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Coordinates36°14′35″N 137°58′18″E / 36.2430°N 137.9716°E / 36.2430; 137.9716
DateJune 27, 1994
10:40 pm (JST)
Attack type
Mass murder, chemical terrorism, terrorism, attempted assassination
WeaponsSarin
Deaths8 (including a victim who died in 2008)[1]
Injured500+[2]
PerpetratorsAum Shinrikyo
MotiveAttempt to assassinate judges presiding over criminal charges against Aum Shinrikyo

The Matsumoto sarin attack was an attempted assassination perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan on the night of June 27, 1994. Eight people were killed[1][3] and more than 500 were harmed by sarin aerosol that was released from a converted refrigerator truck in the Kaichi Heights area. The attack was perpetrated nine months before the better-known Tokyo subway sarin attack.

  1. ^ a b "Main Matsumoto sarin victim dies 14 years after attack". The Yomiuri Shimbun (August 6, 2008).
  2. ^ Olson, Kyle B. (1999), "Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat?", Emerg Infect Dis, 5 (4), Arlington, Virginia: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Research Planning, Inc.: 513–6, doi:10.3201/eid0504.990409, PMC 2627754, PMID 10458955
  3. ^ "Survivor of Aum's '94 sarin attack dies while in coma". The Asahi Shimbun (August 6, 2008).