Aum Shinrikyo

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:culture
militant
gptkbp:alternativeName AUM Supreme Truth
Aleph (post-2000)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:criminalActivity gptkb:murder
gptkb:terrorist_attack
kidnapping
chemical weapons production
gptkbp:dissolved 2000 (as Aum Shinrikyo)
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Shoko_Asahara
gptkbp:foundedIn 1984
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Tokyo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Aum Shinrikyo
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Shoko_Asahara
gptkbp:legalStatus illegal in United States
illegal in European Union
illegal in Russia
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international attention
gptkbp:notableAttackCasualties 13 killed, over 5,000 injured (Tokyo subway attack)
gptkbp:notableAttackWeapon sarin gas
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Tokyo_subway_sarin_attack
1995-03-20
gptkbp:notableLeaderExecuted gptkb:Shoko_Asahara
gptkbp:notableLeaderExecutionDate 2018-07-06
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Masami_Tsuchiya
gptkb:Seiichi_Endo
Takeshi Matsumoto
Fumihiro Joyu
Ikuo Hayashi
Katsuya Takahashi
Kenichi Hirose
Kiyohide Hayakawa
Masato Yokoyama
Satoru Hashimoto
Tomomitsu Niimi
Toru Toyoda
Yasuo Hayashi
Yoshihiro Inoue
Makoto Hirata
Shoji Yokoyama
gptkbp:notablePublication books by Shoko Asahara
gptkbp:numberOfMembers thousands (at peak)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:status banned in Japan
designated terrorist group by several countries
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Aleph
Hikari no Wa
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Public_Security_Intelligence_Agency
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6