1.   While the first two victims died of meningococcal meningitis, which infects the nervous system, the third apparently died of meningococcemia, which infects the bloodstream.

2.   Fire swept through three houses after the explosion, killing two people and the third died on his way to hospital, it said.

3.   The third died within hours at a nearby location, hit by sniper fire.

4.   The third died several hours later at a local hospital.

5.   Two were killed last week while the third died over the weekend.

6.   Two died at the scene and the third died en route to the hospital, police said.

7.   Two of the injured were eventually taken to hospital, but the third died at the scene.

8.   Two officers were killed on the spot, and the third died later of wounds.

9.   Two of the inspectors died on the spot, and the third died in the hospital early Sunday morning.

10.   Two of the victims died instantly, while the third died at a hospital.