1.   At the time, Yasuda and Ochida were being detained at the commune after an unsuccessful attempt to help a female cult member flee, Kyodo News Service reported.

2.   At the time, it said, Yasuda and Ochida were being detained at the commune after an unsuccessful attempt to help a female cult member flee.

3.   Meanwhile, investigators also were focusing on a female cult member who was arrested at an airport carrying a box filled with passports and lists of sect members.

4.   The van was driven by a female cult member who was not arrested, police said.

5.   They are believed to have been hiding in the room for nearly two months with the aid of two female cult members, reports said.