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Today in History: March 20, sarin gas attack in Tokyo subway

Also on this date, azidothymidine (AZT) became the first medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat HIV/AIDS

Medical workers help people injured in a gas attack
FILE – In this March 20, 1995 file photo, subway passengers affected by sarin gas planted in central Tokyo subways are carried into St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo. Even three years after the Aum Shinri Kyo cult’s terrorist attack, in which 12 people were killed and thousands were injured, many victims continue to suffer – both physically and mentally. (AP Photo/Chikumo Chiaki, File)
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Packages containing the deadly chemical sarin were opened on five separate subway trains in a domestic terror attack by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, causing 14 deaths and injuring more than 1,000.

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