The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered former members of Aum Shinrikyo to pay a total of 668 million yen to survivors and the next of kin of those killed in the March 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
The 668 million yen suit was filed in three stages between October 1995 and October 1996 by 34 people injured in the attack and the families of seven of the 12 who were killed.
Presiding Judge Seiichiro Nishioka said Aum founder Shoko Asahara ordered cult members to release the nerve gas on morning rush hour trains on March 20, 1995, in a bid to prevent investigators from cracking down on the cult.