Hideo Murai

Hideo Murai (村井 秀夫 Murai Hideo, December 5, 1958 – April 23, 1995) was a member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult and one of the perpetrators responsible for the Sakamoto family murder. He also helped plan the Tokyo subway sarin attack.[1] Murai held a doctorate in astrophysics. He was reportedly the number three person in the Aum leadership, after Asahara and Hayakawa. He headed Aum Shinrikyo's Ministry of Science and Technology.[2]

Death
Spot of assassination of Hideo Murai

Murai was mortally wounded when an ethnic Korean man named Hiroyuki Jo (徐裕行 Jo Hiroyuki), a member of the Yamaguchi-gumi (the largest organized crime Yakuza group in Japan), stabbed Murai repeatedly, in the presence of 10 police officers and about a hundred reporters recording the events and broadcasting them live.

His attacker did not attempt to flee and was peacefully arrested on the spot. Murai died in an ambulance.[3]

References
  1. "Cultist says heavier sarin role due to doubt". The Japan Times. 1998-09-08. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=438937
  3. Kristof, Nicholas D. (24 April 1995). "Attacker Fatally Stabs High Official of Japanese Sect". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
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