1.   An unknown assailant shot Buendia four times in the chest as he walked on a busy Mexico City street, then escaped into the crowd.

2.   But authorities said the assailant shot Chestnut in the head after darting around a metal detector at an entrace near a crowded souvenir stand.

3.   The assailants shot Abdelbaki Sahraoui in the head with a silencer-equipped submachine gun, a police spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

4.   Unidentified assailants shot from moving vehicles at two police stations in mountains in Guerrero state.

5.   A year ago, Markarian was wounded in the legs when an unidentified assailant shot him near his home.

6.   A U.N. spokesman in Croatia said a number of cars were on the road, but the assailant shot only at the U.N. car.

7.   An assailant shot and killed a Russian tank battalion commander in the capital of Tajikistan, news reports said today.

8.   An unknown assailant shot and killed the chief of a commercial concern Thursday in what police said appeared to be a contract killing.

9.   An assailant shot and wounded an opposition activist whose group has been sharply critical of the Ukrainian government, a newspaper said Thursday.

10.   Answering a call, the two policeman were approaching the entrance to a rest home when assailants shot up their car.