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Report: Bus hijacker lionized brutal killers.

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri

| April 17, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Yomiuri Shimbun. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Report: Bus hijacker lionized brutal killers Yomiuri Psychiatric evaluations of an 18-year-old youth undergoing rehabilitation at a juvenile medical facility in Kyoto for hijacking a bus and killing one of the passengers have revealed that he worshiped Chizuo Matsumoto, alias Shoko Asahara, founder of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, facility officials said Saturday. The teenager was arrested on five counts, including suspicion of committing robbery and murder, stemming from the hijacking that took place in May. According to the evaluation, the youth had been corrupted by antisocial Web sites and had a perverse sense of values evidenced by his fascination with famous perpetrators of …

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