TOKYO, March 20 (Xinhua) — Japan marked the twenty eighth anniversary Monday of a lethal sarin nerve gasoline assault carried out by the AUM Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system that left 14 individuals lifeless and injured greater than 6,000.
A vigil was held at Kasumigaseki subway station within the Japanese capital the place one of many lethal assaults passed off, with station officers observing a second of silence at 8:00 a.m. native time, which was across the time the assault passed off 28 years in the past.
Families of the victims and station officers provided flowers at a stand arrange by subway operator Tokyo Metro Co. contained in the station, the encircling space of which is dominated by authorities ministries and different government-related places of work.
Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tetsuo Saito was in attendance on Monday to pay his respects, laying flowers at Kasumigaseki.
“The government will strengthen efforts to fight terrorism and to create an environment in which train passengers can feel safe,” Saito mentioned in a press release.
Similar stands for flowers had been arrange at Kodemmacho, Hatchobori, Nakanosakaue and different central Tokyo stations the place victims of the sarin assault misplaced their lives.
According to official police accounts, on Monday March 20, 1995, the members of the cult launched a coordinated chemical assault on the Tokyo subway system, one of many world’s busiest, on the peak of the morning rush hour.