1.   Armoured vans are patrolling an estate in Manchester following three separate shotgun attacks.

2.   A five day old baby and her mother have narrowly escaped injury in a shotgun attack on their home.

3.   An anti-abortion activist who killed a doctor and his escort in a shotgun attack was sentenced by a federal judge on Friday to life in prison.

4.   In local press interviews, the judge said he was surprised how quickly the US agents arrived on the scene after the first shotgun attack.

5.   Six people died and three were seriously wounded in an overnight shotgun attack in a Medellin, police reported Sunday.

6.   The Moslems were forced to flee after beatings, attacks with hand-grenades and shotgun attacks, refugees told AFP last week.