1.   The attack bore all the hallmarks of a loyalist murder bid.

2.   The attack bore the hallmarks of political assassinations here, which have been carried out in gangland style.

3.   Police said the attack bore all the signs of the separatist group ETA.

4.   A spokesman for the Ertzaintza regional police force, customarily not identified, said the attack bore the hallmark of ETA.

5.   Although no group has claimed responsibility, the attack bore the hallmark of an ETA operation.

6.   Assistant police superintendent G. Dissanayake, of the Terrorist Investigations Department, said the attack bore the hallmarks of the Tamil Tigers.

7.   But the attack bore the hallmarks of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrilla group.

8.   But the attacks bore the hallmarks of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group.

9.   But the police officer said the attack bore the hallmark of the Tamil Tiger rebels.