11.   The killings followed five days of rioting, looting and arson that destroyed Muslim and Christian villages in the region and much of the waterfront commercial district of Ambon.

12.   The killings followed two years of relative calm.

13.   The killing followed an announcement by the Palestinian Authority last week that it would impose the death sentence on Palestinians convicted of selling land to Jews.

14.   The killings followed a week of clashes between armed militants belonging to the Bodo tribal group and Muslim settlers from Bangladesh.

15.   The killing followed a factional split within the front that developed when one of its leaders expressed willingness to negotiate with Zeroual.

16.   The killing followed by three days the announcement by a Protestant group, the Loyalist Volunteer Force, that it had renounced violence.

17.   The use of wanted-style posters followed by killings was, the majority said, sufficient to strip the defendants of First Amendment protection.

18.   Other killings soon followed.

19.   Friends of the victim said the killing followed a quarrel.

20.   Her killing followed two other high-profile murders last year.