1.   The other two had been trying to rescue him when all three had been killed by a single well-placed mortar bomb.

2.   The usual attack begins with salvos of Soviet-built rockets or single mortar after single mortar lobbed at the alliance trenches.

3.   Eight of the victims were civilians killed by a single stray mortar shell that fell in the Bermuda neighborhood of Mogadishu, witnesses said.

4.   He said suspected rebels fired a single mortar shell into the town of Shariff Aguak, also in Maguindanao.

5.   French Legionnaires responded with a single heavy mortar round while other French UN soldiers fired two light tank rounds at the guns.

6.   On Sunday, the Bosnian health ministry reported a single mortar shell exploded in a residential district of Sarajevo, wounding at least three people, including a child.

7.   Peacekeepers responded with a single heavy mortar bomb and two light tank rounds.

8.   The last major incident was a single mortar round which killed three children and wounded several persons Friday afternoon in the eastern town of Gradecec.