21.   The notorious Azhar gang and many other violent groups bear further testimony to the need for the police to be prepared at all times.

22.   The shootings were in apparent revenge for the killing of a notorious gang member by people in the community, the African National Congress party in KwaZulu-Natal claimed.

23.   Police claimed Tsai, leader of a notorious gang in western Taiwan, was implicated in intimidation, blackmail and kidnapping over the past few years.

24.   The notorious gang also holds an Italian Roman Catholic priest, Giuseppe Pierantoni, abducted from another area of the south in October.