Shoko Asahara

, born , was a Japanese terrorist. He was the founder of the Japanese doomsday cult group Aum Shinrikyo. Asahara was convicted for being the mastermind behind the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack and several other crimes, for which he was sentenced to death in 2004.

In June 2012, his execution was postponed due to further arrests of Aum Shinrikyo members. He was executed by hanging on July 6, 2018.

References

Other websites
Aleph : the organization's official website, with an English section
A Japan Times article  about two documentary films on Aleph.
 BBC link & photos
IMDB: Documentary films A (1998) and A2 (2001) by Tatsuya Mori

Category:1955 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Japanese murderers
Category:Terrorists
Category:People executed by hanging
Category:Executed people