31.   The militiamen refused to hand over guns and other homemade weapons, and instead attacked the soldiers.

32.   The private armies fuel a cottage industry of homemade weapons.

33.   Their homemade weapons, some modeled on the World War II-vintage Sterling submachine gun, frequently jammed during attacks.

34.   Vietnamese boat people threw spears, rocks and homemade weapons Saturday at riot police.

35.   Witnesses said rioters threw spears, rocks and homemade weapons and broke through wire fences that divide the camp.

36.   Another guard was injured in the battle, as officers fired volleys of teargas to subdue Vietnamese youths armed with homemade weapons holed up in High Island detention centre.

37.   Another guard was injured in the battle, as officers fired volleys of teargas to subdue Vietnamese youths armed with homemade weapons in High Island detention centre.

38.   One officer was stabbed in the leg, allegedly by a Vietnamese asylum seeker, many of whom were armed with homemade weapons.