TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A ceremony was held in Tokyo on Monday to mourn the victims of the sarin nerve gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult on a subway system in the Japanese capital 28 years ago.
Fourteen workers at Tokyo Metro Co.’s Kasumigaseki Station observed a moment of silence at 8 a.m., around the time when the sarin attack took place, and flowers were laid for the victims. The attack killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others.