1.   The class was held hostage by a hooded gunman.

2.   Three hooded gunmen wearing Lebanese Army fatigues entered his apartment where they killed him, his wife and their two small sons.

3.   Hooded gunmen interrupted his afternoon tea.

4.   A hooded gunman shot dead a Turkish Cypriot in the southern port city of Limassol on Saturday, police officials said.

5.   A hooded gunman suspected of belonging to the Basque separatist group ETA shot and killed a police investigator Thursday in this northern Spanish town, authorities said.

6.   A hooded gunman suspected of belonging to the Basque separatist group ETA shot and killed a policeman Thursday in this northern Spanish town, authorities said.

7.   Ali said all lawmakers were led one by one into a room by two hooded gunmen and told to sign letters of resignation.

8.   Hooded gunmen pulled three alleged Palestinian informers for Israel from their cars and shot them in a downtown square Monday, vigilante justice watched by an approving crowd.

9.   Hooded gunmen riding motorcycles opened fire on police boxes at three locations in southern Thailand, killing six policemen, officials said Wednesday.

10.   Hooded gunmen assassinated a Colombian newspaper and radio reporter while he and some family members were watching a soccer game on television at his home, officials said Thursday.