It has been 26 years since the "subway sarin attack" by Aleph, which killed 14 and 6,300 people, in 20 days, and at one of the sites, Kasumigaseki Station on the Tokyo subway, bereaved families and victims have been killed. I mourned.
Twenty-six years ago, on March 20, 1995, in the subway sarin attack aimed at commuters indiscriminately, highly poisonous sarin was sown on three lines running in Tokyo, killing 14 people and killing about 6,300 people. I was injured.
At Kasumigaseki Station in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, staff members offered silence at 8:00 am, which is almost the same time as the time of occurrence.
A flower stand was set up on the premises of the station, and bereaved families, victims, and passengers offered flowers and joined hands to help the victims.
Shizue Takahashi, who lost her husband who was an assistant at Kasumigaseki Station, said, "The other day, I made a memorial service for my husband's 27th anniversary, but my loneliness and sadness will not fade. We want to focus on it. As long as there is a successor to Aleph, our activities will never end. "
In addition, a 56-year-old man from Shizuoka Prefecture who decided to visit after seeing the news on the morning of the 20th said, "I asked the deceased people to sleep peacefully. Never forget the incident. I don't think it should be done. "
In a series of incidents by Aleph, 13 people were executed three years ago, including former representative Shoko Asahara and former convict on death row Tomitsuo Matsumoto.
According to the Public Security Intelligence Agency, several successors to the cult are still active, and "Aleph" is actively recruiting younger generations.