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The terrorists attacked subway passengers at about 08:00 a.m. and the name of poison, sarin, was announced officially on television at 11:00 a.m. by the Chief of the Metropolitan Police. This television announcement was the first information of the poison name for 145 (73%) of the 210 hospitals/clinics investigated. Other Information sources for poison name were police, fire departments, University of Shinshu, Japanese Medical Associations, Japan Poison Information Center, other hospitals, the government, and others. In Shinshu University, they treated the sarin victims of Matsumoto City 9 months ago.

Note that major information sources of the poison name are televison and the police.