1.   Police replied by lobbing teargas cannisters.

2.   It said the bandits, wanted in connection with a number of robberies, opened fire when police lobbed tear gas cannisters into the house.

3.   The police lobbed tear gas cannisters and opened fire to disperse the protestors.

4.   Witnesses said riot police armed with clubs lobbed teargas cannisters as protestors replied with volleys of rocks, injuring a policeman.

5.   Police lobbed tear-gas cannisters and charged with batons at several places as protestors paraded the streets in small groups, they said.

6.   Police later lobbed tear-gas cannisters and charged with batons as small groups of protestors rampaged in the streets.