21.   Government troops and officers of other security agencies have come under fire for allegedly going on looting sprees in the aftermath of attacks by LURD rebels.

22.   Gunmen killed a Protestant pastor during a looting spree in a Monrovia suburb, police said Thursday.

23.   They are being welcomed everywhere by jubilant populations as ill-disciplined government soldiers go on looting sprees before fleeing.

24.   There are reports of gangs of soldiers back from the front going on looting sprees, and clashes between them and security forces in Kisangani.

25.   Meanwhile rebels carried on their looting spree in Monrovia, breaking into vehicles and robbing shops.

26.   Most relief agencies abandoned Kisangani, the capital of Upper Zaire province, after soldiers fleeing the rebel advance arrived and went on a looting spree.

27.   Retreating government troops went on a looting spree, ransacking aid stores and pillaging local homes, aid agency officials said.

28.   Some children and teenagers have joined the fighters in the looting spree in the Mamba Point area.

29.   Shops remained closed amid fears that the militiamen would go on their usual looting sprees.

30.   The bands of heavily armed criminals that are going on a looting spree of the country are another, observers said.