1.   A lone gunman burst into his house and shot him dead.

2.   A man was shot dead in a hold-up at a downtown bank.

3.   A woman was shot dead in an attempted robbery.

4.   And although the Buddhist monk who shot him dead was motivated primarily by personal grievances, this chauvinism played a part.

5.   He was shot dead while addressing an election rally.

6.   Khosana was shot dead in an ensuing gun battle with Ciskeian troops.

7.   Larry Blake, a father of three children, was shot dead outside his home last night.

8.   Maria Martin was shot dead in Malaga.

9.   The boy was shot dead in mistake for a burglar.

10.   The Mafia struck again on Saturday when a detective was shot dead near Agrigento in Sicily.