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Hong Kong (CNN) -- A member of the Japanese doomsday cult responsible for the 1995nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway has been arrested after 17years on the run, Tokyo police say. Naoko Kikuchi, 40, a follower of the Aum Supreme Truth Cult, wasapprehended in the town of Sagamihara, a quiet residential areaapproximately 40 km west of the Japanese capital after a localresident tipped off police. During a rush-hour attack on the morning of March, 20 1995, cultmembers released sarin gas that led to the death of 13 people andsickened more than 5,500 commuters. Kikuchi has admitted to helping make the gas, which attacks thecentral nervous system, but was not aware how it would be used,Tokyo Metropolitan Police said. She was arrested on suspicion ofmurder and attempted murder. Before her arrest, she was living in a small, shabby house made outof rusted metal panels, local TV footage showed. Another resident,a 41-year-old man, was arrested for allegedly hiding the suspect. Police were tipped off early Sunday morning and made their arrestwhen Kikuchi returned home in the evening. They had recentlydoubled the reward available for information related to thesuspects' whereabouts to 10 million yen ($125,000). Kikuchi was one of two remaining cult members wanted for theirinvolvement in one of the most shocking acts of terrorism inJapan's history. Katsuya Takahashi. 54, is the only Aum followerinvolved in the attack still at large. Doomsday cult member surrenders to police in Japan Another cult member Makoto Hirata, wanted for the murder of anotary official, unexpectedly turned himself in on New Year's Eve,stunning many in Japan. More than 200 members of the cult were convicted in the wake of thegas attack and 13, including Shoko Asahara, the cult's blind guru,were sentenced to death. However, no one has been executed. The cult now claims to be a benign religious group but at theheight of its activities in the 1990s, it preached the world wascoming to an end and that it must arm itself to prepare for variouscalamities. It had stockpiled weapons and the gas attack was part of what thegroup thought was an apocalyptic showdown with the government. CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki in Tokyo contributed to this report. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Flat Crane Cable , 3 Phase Asynchronous Motor Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Electric Trolley Hoist.
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