21.   Authorities said the gunmen escaped and they had no suspects.

22.   But Mikhailov and other Russian authorities appeared determined that the rebel gunmen would not escape back to their separatist republic.

23.   He had no bodyguards at the time, and the masked gunman escaped on a bicycle.

24.   He said police feared another gunman may have escaped and that a manhunt was on in the area.

25.   He said that a third gunman may have escaped and that a manhunt was on in the area.

26.   Interior Ministry spokesman Artan Bizhga confirmed the killing and said the gunmen escaped.

27.   It said the four gunmen escaped in a van.

28.   Israel TV said a fourth gunman escaped, and that there was an exchange of fire between him in police.

29.   It was unclear whether the attack was ethnically motivated, however, because the gunmen escaped.

30.   It was unclear, however, whether the attack was ethnically motivated because the gunmen escaped.