11.   Residents reported food shortages in the worst-affected parts of the city with shops and markets shut and transport off the roads.

12.   Schools closed, sending pupils home, and markets shut as rumours circulated of an imminent attack.

13.   Roads leading to the airport and the Sarabagh base had been closed to all traffic and markets shut since the shootout, in which one man was wounded.

14.   The city appeared deserted with very few cars were on roads and main business markets shut.