1.   The robbers opened the strongroom and packed the cash into bags.

2.   The robber opened fire, killing two bank employees and a hostage before scores of police officers gunned him down in a spray of bullets.

3.   When the son threw down his watch, the robbers opened fire.

4.   Police said the lawyers fled and the robbers opened fire.

5.   Pigcawayan is located next to a town in Maguindanao Province, where robbers opened fire on a car last week, killing a bank manager and an aide.

6.   The bus conductor, who survived the ordeal, said the robbers opened fire on the vehicle as soon as it stopped.

7.   The robbers opened fire at least three times, wounding one female officer in the leg, police said.

8.   The robbers opened fire on the vehicles that ran over the spikes.

9.   When the pair eluded the ambush, the robbers opened fire on the car, killing Ntshakala, but missing Mtjali, who drove to a nearby police station.

10.   As they were leaving, the robbers opened fire on the workers, injuring three of them.