日媒：麻原彰晃終被處決

日本傳媒報導，1995 年在日本東京地鐵發動沙林毒氣襲擊的奧姆真理教教主麻原彰晃已遭受處決。

Shoko Asahara, leader of the cult group Aum Shinrikyo, during his visit to Moscow, Russia, on 17th February 1994. Source: Getty

日本傳媒報導，1995 年在日本東京地鐵發動沙林毒氣襲擊的奧姆真理教教主麻原彰晃已遭受處決。 

事件造成 13 死逾 6000 人受傷，震驚國際。

日本放送協會 (NHK) 報導，麻原彰晃是在日本時間今天被處決，他於 2004 年被判死刑，上訴後法院於 2006 年維持死刑判決，同樣被判死刑還有十多名奧姆真理教成員，至今仍在獄中。 

63 歲的麻原彰晃原名為松本智津夫，於 1980 年代創立奧姆真理教，宣揚末日主義，曾在日本發動多次恐襲，最嚴重的一次是在 1995 年 3 月 20 日，於東京五班地鐵列車釋放沙林毒氣。

AUM Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara (2nd L) attends a press conference after some of facilities have been raid by police on October 25, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan. Source: Getty

Shoko Asahara, leader of the cult group Aum Shinrikyo, sits on a throne in the middle of the stage during a meeting with his followers in Moscow in 1994. Source: Getty

A memorial is seen to commemorate the victims of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo's sarin nerve gas attack on the 23rd anniversary. Source: Getty