print email comment close Profile: Shoko Asahara URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3504237.stm Description: Background information about Shoko Asahara (Chizuo Matsumoto), leader of Aum Shinriko, the Japanese cult responsible for releasing deadly sarin gas in the Tokyo subway in 1995. Includes links to news stories about Asahara's trial, which ended in a death sentence in February 2004. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Extra Keywords notableterrorists Library of Congress Subject Headings: Asahara, ShŻokŻo. Oumu ShinrikyŻo (Religious organization) People Trials (Terrorism) -- Japan LII Database Information: Record 9346 created by Jennifer English on 03/01/2004 Last modification on 10/02/2004 Published: 03/01/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9346