30 Years After Sarin Attack / Former Police Officer Recalls Arrest of Aum Supreme Truth Cult Leader in 1995, Discovery of Asahara in Hidden Room

Masaharu Yamada, former chief of the Metropolitan Police Department’s first investigation division, directed the arrest of Shoko Asahara, leader of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, at a facility in what was then the village of Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture, on May 16, 1995.

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