1.   But the Russians then threw in thousands of more experienced infantry and paratroopers, and for days at a time showered the city with artillery and rocket fire.

2.   Correspondents said the warplanes showered the city with cluster and fragmentation bombs designed to cause maximum carnage among civilians.

3.   The armoury at the main barracks in the densely populated Ikeja district of Lagos exploded on Sunday showering the city with munitions.

4.   The military armoury in the densely populated Ikeja district of Lagos exploded on Sunday showering the city with munitions and setting off the panicked stampede in which hundreds died.