Order of the Solar Temple
According to Spanish and German police, the group was going to perform a sacrifice similar to that performed by the Order of the Solar Temple on October 4, 1994, in Cheiry and Salvan, two villages in Switzerland. It was later clarified that the Atman Foundation had nothing to do with the Solar Temple. On the other hand, just three years later, in 1997 the Heaven's Gate sect, also committed a ritual suicide in San Diego, California, these events alerted the police about the Heide sect.