11.   Several drive-by shootings have been carried out in the last three years by Palestinian militant groups, including in July and August.

12.   South Korean officials have said they hope to persuade the Pentagon to drop its insistence that no evidence exists that the shootings were carried out under orders.

13.   The Palestinians said they believed the shooting was carried out by the Israeli security forces.

14.   The shooting was carried out by a former Palestinian Authority policeman who opened fire with an assault rifle.

15.   In November, lawyers acting for the victims of the shootings claimed the shootings had been carried out by a fascist cell operating inside the police force.

16.   It was not immediately clear if the same man carried out both shootings.

17.   The regional police chief denied that police fired on the demonstrators and charged that the shooting was carried out by a demonstrator with a handgun equipped with a silencer.