Survivor of 1994 AUM gas attack in Nagano dies in coma

Survivor of 1994 AUM gas attack in Nagano dies in coma

NAGANO, Japan - In this file photo taken on March 4, Yoshiyuki Kono takes care of his wife Sumiko, who survived an AUM Shinrikyo cult sarin gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, in 1994 but was left bedridden and comatose. Sumiko Kono died on Aug. 5 of respiratory failure. She was 60.

Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Sumiko Kono, who was one of the 144 people injured in the 1994 sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in the central Japan city of Matsumoto, lies unconscious in bed as Matsumoto Mayor Akira Sugenoya (C) and her husband Yoshiyuki Kono hold her in the arm at a welfare facility for the disabled in Matsumoto on June 26. The mayor visited her ahead of the attack's 11th anniversary on June 27.

Survivor of 1994 AUM gas attack in Nagano dies in coma

Survivor of 1994 AUM gas attack in Nagano dies in coma

NAGANO, Japan - In this file photo taken on March 4, Yoshiyuki Kono takes care of his wife Sumiko, who survived an AUM Shinrikyo cult sarin gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, in 1994 but was left bedridden and comatose. Sumiko Kono died on Aug. 5 of respiratory failure. She was 60. (Kyodo)

Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Sumiko Kono, who was one of the 144 people injured in the 1994 sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in the central Japan city of Matsumoto, lies unconscious in bed as Matsumoto Mayor Akira Sugenoya (C) and her husband Yoshiyuki Kono hold her in the arm at a welfare facility for the disabled in Matsumoto on June 26. The mayor visited her ahead of the attack's 11th anniversary on June 27. (Kyodo)