31.   The Palestinian police blamed Islamic extremists, saying that radicals were looking for a fight and that officers had fired in self-defense.

32.   The rebels were also blamed by police for a major fire at a fabric store last Saturday.

33.   The police in Tetovo blamed rebels for the kidnapping.

34.   Then, too, police blamed a Lebanese gang.

35.   They feared that the police would automatically blame the American.

36.   Toor said Waurika police originally blamed the fire on an electrical short.

37.   Two senior officers were wounded in the attack, which the police again blamed on Albanians from Kosovo.

38.   Two civilians died in the blast, for which the police blamed Tamil Tiger rebels.

39.   While police blamed the driver of the northbound bus, the laws of physics were on his side.

40.   Over the last few years Jamaican police have blamed some returning deportees for committing serious crimes, selling drugs and illegally importing firearms.