1.   Barretto said the killing did not appear a random robbery attempt.

2.   Both mass killings appeared to be in retaliation for an attack by the Kosovo Liberation Army in Meja in which five Serbian police officers were killed.

3.   But detectives said the note indicates the killings appear to have been calculated, rather than an act of rage.

4.   But the killing does not appear to be politically motivated.

5.   But the police said the killings appeared to have been carried out by a Republican group.

6.   Nevertheless, because the killings appear to have been committed off federal property, any prosecution will likely take place in state courts.

7.   Police said the killing did not appear to be premeditated.

8.   Their bodies were found in a second-floor stairwell on Monday night, and detectives said the killings appeared to be drug-related.

9.   There has been no arrest in that attack, but the police said the two killings did not appear to be related.

10.   They added that the killings appeared to be the work of the Muslim-dominated Bosnian army.