On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the doomsday cult Aum's nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway, survivors and bereaved families Monday urged the public to help them and not to forget the tragedy. The government has said that it will assist victims of the crime.
People say the time heals wounds.
There are many people who are like me or who were injured in the attack. I ask the government for more support. The cult's near-blind guru Chizuo Matsumoto, whose religious name is Shoko Asahara, was arrested two months later. In a press conference, the survivors and the bereaved families emphasized the need for monetary assistance from the government to compensate them or to help pay for medical costs. Last year, a private fund set up in 1999 by volunteers offered free medical checkups to 360 survivors of the attack.