71.   Witnesses, however, claimed that the six had been shot dead by security forces.

72.   Several hundred in the crowd appeared to be in support of the rebels, and threw stones at the security forces.

73.   All the Kashmiri guerrilla groups denied any involvement in the assassination, and many blamed the government security forces.

74.   Hundreds of summary executions by the security forces or death squads had also been recorded in Guatemala.

75.   Although there were reports that Robinson had agreed to the rebel demands, the security forces appeared determined to resist any such deal.

76.   Fighting between the Sri Lankan security forces and guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam continued throughout July in the North-Eastern Province.

77.   He said that he wondered whether the government had lost control of the security forces or whether the security forces were doing what the government wanted.

78.   At the same time security forces moved into position along the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border and around Ayodhya and large numbers of Hindu militants were placed in detention.

79.   The embassy, suspecting infiltration of agents provocateurs from the Cuban security forces, had sought to isolate the seven from the rest.

80.   In mid-March the security forces were suddenly withdrawn and the island effectively left in the hands of the rebels.