1.   Police sources later said the farmer, Samir Munir Nuseif, was a Christian Copt, and the militants may have suspected he was a police informer.

2.   Also Wednesday, Punjab authorities said they arrested four Sunni Muslim militants suspected of carrying out violent attacks on Shiite Muslims.

3.   Investigators said the militants apparently suspected the victims were police informants.

4.   Israel TV said a militant suspected of involvement in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem last week was believed to be hiding in the town.

5.   Local sources said the militants suspected the three youth were police informers.

6.   Local sources said the militants suspected the three youths were police informers.

7.   Police sources later said Nuseif was a Christian Copt and the militants may have suspected he was a police informer.

8.   The government had claimed Wednesday that people in three villages were killed in crossfire when soldiers sought out Hutu militants suspected of ambushing an army patrol.

9.   The Palestine Liberation Organization leader is under growing pressure from Israel to arrest and put on trial Islamic militants suspected of involvement in deadly attacks on Israelis.

10.   The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the militants suspected Boules of collaborating with police.