1.   Residents of the capital fled indoors as gangs of militiamen swarmed through the streets firing assault rifles and homemade shotguns and exploding homemade grenades.

2.   Smoke from homemade grenades obscured the Hezbollah squad racing through the blown-up gate toward the dazed Israeli soldiers.

3.   The ill-equipped police were attacked during a demonstration in December by Sandinista students firing homemade grenade launchers.

4.   Police searching a home in a predominantly Protestant neighborhood of Belfast were attacked Thursday night with gasoline bombs, fireworks and a homemade grenade, a spokeswoman said.

5.   Police said the situation worsened when shots were fired by both sides and homemade grenades were thrown by loyalists.

6.   Police were expecting trouble and called British troops to back up their riot-control units, which suffered barrages of homemade grenades and gasoline bombs in several flashpoints.

7.   A family escaped unharmed Saturday after Protestant militants hurled two homemade grenades into their Belfast home, police said.

8.   A homemade grenade was thrown at police escorting the children in September, injuring four officers.

9.   A man lost his hand Sunday when a homemade grenade exploded during clashes between rival Catholic and Protestant groups in north Belfast, police said.

10.   A Roman Catholic family escaped unharmed Saturday after Protestant militants hurled two homemade grenades into their Belfast home, police said.