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Japanese police arrested on late Sunday night former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi who involved the 1995 Tokyo subway Sarin gas attack in Kanagawa Prefecture, local media reported. The Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported that the 40-year-old women had been identified conspired with Asahara and other AUM Shinrikyo cult members made the gas attack on Tokyo subway in rush hour, killing 11 people and injuring about 5500. The police improved the reward form 5 million yen to 10 million yen for Kikuchi and Katsuya Takahashi's arrest on February, the last 2 members of the cult still on the run for more than a decade. Her arrest came 5 months after Makoto Hirata, another former member, gave himself up after evading justice for more than 16 years. Cult founder Shoko Asahara and 12 followers are facing death sentences for the attack and a string of other crimes.

Ex-AUM cult member Kikuchi arrested after 17 years