1.   Both Israeli and Palestinian security forces said the assailant, Imad Rashid Kamil, was mentally unstable and had acted alone.

2.   But a Ethiopian Foreign Ministry statement later said two assailants and two Ethiopian security men were killed.

3.   But police said the assailant Saturday, intentionally targeted the children in an apparent sign of escalating random violence.

4.   Guards said assailants believed to be Zapatistas were involved in helping in one of those escapes.

5.   The pilot said the assailant asked about whether the plane could be refueled, and warned against any approach to the plane by police or soldiers.

6.   The survivor said the assailants, in police uniforms, set up fake police barricades and then when the bus stopped, shot the passengers inside.

7.   A police spokesman said the assailants made a safe getaway after throwing stones at the home in Vetschau and damaging a car.

8.   The MTI news agency said the assailants shooting at everyone in the bank as soon as they entered.

9.   Police said the assailants attacked early in the morning, apparently taking most of the inhabitants by surprise.