Japanese Court Upholds Death Rulings in Sarin Attack

The Tokyo High Court today upheld the death sentences imposed against former Aum Shinrikyo members Toru Toyoda and Kenichi Hirose for their participation in the 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway (see GSN, May 28)

Toyoda and Hirose, two of the five members of the cult who conducted the attack that killed 12, were sentenced to hang in 2000, according to court spokesman Sadakazu Takagi.

Thirteen former cult members have been sentenced to death for planning and carrying out the attack. None have yet been executed, according to Associated Press.

The High Court yesterday also upheld the life sentence imposed on former cult member Shigeo Sugimoto, who was a getaway driver for one of the subway attackers (Associated Press/CBC News, July 27).

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