1.   When bearded gunmen flooded the little village soon after, Mercer and Curry despaired.

2.   Abou Mohjen was not at the house guarded by bearded gunmen.

3.   Christian aid workers thought the Taliban had come to kill them when bearded gunmen burst into their Afghan jail and forced open the cell doors.

4.   Witnesses said the bearded gunman was travelling in a van driven by an accomplice.