地下鉄サリンから２９年　遺族「事件終わってない」―東京

　１４人が死亡、６０００人以上が負傷したオウム真理教による地下鉄サリン事件は、２０日で発生から２９年となった。東京メトロ霞ケ関駅（東京都千代田区）では、遺族の高橋シズヱさん（７７）らが犠牲者を追悼した。
　発生時刻に近い午前８時ごろ、駅員１６人が黙とうをささげた。高橋さんは午前１０時ごろ、献花に訪れ、「事件はまだ終わったと言える状況にない」と語り、風化防止を訴えた。
　事件は１９９５年３月２０日朝に発生。霞ケ関駅を通る３路線の車内で猛毒サリンが散布され、同駅では助役で高橋さんの夫一正さん＝当時（５０）＝と、代々木電車区助役の菱沼恒夫さん＝同（５１）＝が亡くなった。（2024/03/20-11:33）

Japan on Wednesday marked the 29th anniversary of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured more than 6,000.
   At Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki Station, 16 station staff members offered a silent prayer around 8 a.m., close to the time of the attack.
   Shizue Takahashi, 77, a bereaved family member, visited the station to lay flowers around 10 a.m. "We are not in a situation where we can say the incident is over," she said, calling for efforts to keep the attack from being forgotten.
   The attack occurred during the morning rush hour of March 20, 1995. Aum Shinrikyo members released sarin in trains on the three lines of Tokyo Metro's predecessor running through the station, close to the Kasumigaseki district where central government offices are concentrated.
   At the station, two senior subway officials died, namely Takahashi's husband, Kazumasa, then 50, and Tsuneo Hishinuma, then 51.