1.   He had also considered denying that his cult had produced sarin or that cult members had carried out the attack, the sources added.

2.   Police would only need to prove the cult was producing nerve gas.

3.   Earlier this week, court officials traveled to the cult compound near Mt. Fuji to view evidence the cult produced sarin, the nerve gas used in the attacks.

4.   Last month, he finally replied to the charges at a trial session, acknowledging that his Aum Shinri Kyo cult produced the nerve gas.

5.   The petitions charge that the cult produced sarin, a highly toxic nerve gas, at its commune near Mount Fuji with the intent of committing mass murder.

6.   The cult allegedly produced Sarin nerve gas at laboratories there.