1.   Just hours after the deal was announced, the rebels rained shells and opened gunfire on police positions near the sports stadium in the city, striking houses.

2.   They opened gunfire as the villagers came out of their homes and tried to flee, the news agency quoted an army officer as saying.

3.   Unidentified assailants hurled a grenade and opened gunfire on a police station in southern Serbia just outside Kosovo province, the government said Thursday.

4.   Unidentified assailants opened gunfire on a United Nations helicopter in the northern enclave of Cabinda, injuring one of the three Russian crew members, the U.N. said Monday.

5.   Only two army men were wounded, but scores of panicky soldiers opened automatic gunfire at the nearby Taj Samudra luxury hotel.

6.   Some army officers said LTTE guerrillas opened automatic gunfire from inside the hotel forcing the troops to fire back, but other officers denied this.