Masami Tsuchiya (Aum Shinrikyo)

This article is about the terrorist. For the songwriter and musician, see Masami Tsuchiya (singer).

Masami Tsuchiya
土谷 正実
Born(1965-01-06)6 January 1965
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Died6 July 2018(2018-07-06) (aged 53)
Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Alma materUniversity of Tsukuba
Known forAum Shinrikyo membership and numerous attacks and murders
Criminal statusExecuted
ConvictionsMass murder
Terrorism
Criminal penaltyDeath

Masami Tsuchiya (土谷 正実, Tsuchiya Masami; 6 January 1965 – 6 July 2018) was a Japanese convicted terrorist and senior member of Aum Shinrikyo, responsible for the deaths of a combined 19 people and for the production of sarin, VX nerve agent, PCP, and LSD. He served in Aum's "Ministry of Health". Prosecutors described him as "the second most important figure involved in the gas attacks by the Aum Shinrikyo cult" after Aum leader Shoko Asahara himself.

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