1.   At least one gang of poachers armed with automatic rifles fled at the sight of an elephant patrol.

2.   But when the gangs, armed with rocks, machetes, lances, arrows and gasoline bombs failed to scatter, officers were seen firing directly into the crowds.

3.   Dayak gangs armed with machetes and daggers have paraded the severed heads of Madurese victims around the town.

4.   Gangs of youths armed with bows, arrows and homemade guns rampaged through the streets, setting fire to cars and homes.

5.   Gangs armed with weapons looted from government armories now roam freely, looting, robbing and killing.

6.   Gangs of youths armed with spears and cutlasses guarded many neighborhoods.

7.   It is learnt the gang armed with knives and pistols had been using stolen cars when committing robbery or rape.

8.   Speaking through an interpreter, Mouzinho told the court that militia gangs armed with knives and homemade guns first attacked her house then moved onto the church.