1.   Detectives investigating the assault have been shocked by the attack.

2.   A Paris-based media watchdog group has asked the Sri Lankan government to investigate assaults on two reporters who apparently angered authorities.

3.   An independent commission that investigated the assault on ousted Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim recommends action Tuesday against the former police chief who punched him.

4.   Christine Dynan, spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Correctional Center, said Thursday that the FBI is investigating an assault on a correction officer Wednesday morning.

5.   Meanwhile, U.N. police are investigating an assault on an American woman and an Australian man on Friday night.

6.   One other dissident, Shen Liangqing, called on the government to investigate the assault which killed hundreds, perhaps thousands.

7.   Queensland police have set up a special task force to provide extra protection to the Muslim community and investigate retaliatory assaults.

8.   Separately, three people were treated for knife wounds, and police were investigating an assault at a Sydney railway station in which a man suffered head injuries.

9.   The panel investigating the assault decided Wednesday that enough evidence had been presented and the inquiry would conclude Thursday with closing arguments.

10.   Yeltsin has personally promised Shevardnadze his help in investigating the assault.