1.   Police are outgunned by looted weapons.

2.   All other looted weapons must be handed over by the end of September.

3.   Armed bandits have used looted weapons to rob stores, banks and hold up people on the road, sometimes killing if they refuse to surrender their money.

4.   Fino acknowledged that it was impossible to force rebels to put down their looted weapons.

5.   He acknowledged it was impossible to force rebels to put down their looted weapons.

6.   Interior Minister Neritan Ceka said local authorities must cooperate with the government to retrieve the looted weapons.

7.   Some of the youngsters see their looted weapon as a rare gift in a life with few rewards.

8.   The militants took advantage of the lull to reinforce their positions and try to bring some order to areas ruled only by the barrels of looted weapons.

9.   They were issued automatic weapons and orders to form roadblocks and conduct searches for looted weapons.