11.   Masami Tsuchiya, a top cult scientist being held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, is said to have provided a similar account.

12.   Moriwaki was the wife of top cult official Hideo Murai, who was stabbed to death last year.

13.   Prosecutors told the court that Asahara and top cult leaders plotted the gas attack to try to cause chaos that would head off police action against the group.

14.   That was based on jailhouse testimony by Kiyohide Hayakawa, a former top cult leader who saw the tape.

15.   The cult leader on trial for masterminding the Tokyo subway gas attack once taught that terrorism could bring salvation, a former top cult official testified Friday.

16.   The newspaper attributed the information to several top cult leaders under police interrogation, including chief chemist Masami Tsuchiya.

17.   Top cult leaders appeared before reporters Friday to repeat denials of their involvement in the subway gassings and claim that they were victims of religious persecution.

18.   Top cult leaders have made sensational jailhouse confessions.

19.   Eight top cult members, who were believed to have taken part in several incidents, including the Sarin gas attack, have yet to be caught by police.