1.   Police authorities did not confirm the shooting, and some Christians in Ambon said the officers had fired only warning shots after Muslims and Christians fought outside the mosque.

2.   Some of the survivors appeared to confirm the shootings.

3.   The Israeli army did not confirm the shootings, but reported sporadic exchanges of gunfire in both areas.

4.   A police source, insisting on anonymity, confirmed the shooting, but had no other details.

5.   A staff member at the Holiday Inn on the Park hotel confirmed the shooting but refused to give details.

6.   A top defense force official confirmed the shooting, but insisted that Ilonga was trying to run away from the special security force officer who approached him.

7.   Airport security officials confirmed the shooting, but no action was immediately taken against the powerful tycoon, who has large real estate holdings.

8.   An army spokesman confirmed the shooting but could not immediately give details.

9.   Capt. Socachy said U.N. military observers confirmed the shooting of two Serb girls, nine and eleven years old, near the Grbavica stadium.

10.   City police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang confirmed the shooting but he could not provide further details.