Seiichi Endo | |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1960 |
Birth Place: | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
Death Place: | Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan |
Death Cause: | Execution by hanging |
Organization: | Aum Shinrikyo |
Criminal Penalty: | Death |
Criminal Status: | Executed |
Conviction: | Mass murder Terrorism |
was an Aum Shinrikyo member who was executed for his participation in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack and a number of other crimes.[1]
He was the man who produced the Sarin gas for the attack after leader Shoko Asahara told him to do so.
Endo was a native of Sapporo, Hokkaido;[2] he graduated from a veterinary school. He later studied virus and genetic engineering at Kyoto University graduate school.[3]