21.   At some point during three months of fruitless negotiations with the Cambodian government, the Khmer Rouge killed their captives.

22.   But that information reached the other captors, who decided to kill the captives, the ITAR-Tass news agency quoted Maskhadov as saying.

23.   But that information reached the other captors, who decided to kill their captives, the ITAR-Tass news agency quoted Maskhadov as saying.

24.   By all accounts, the rebels who initially threatened to kill captives one-by-one have been treating their hostages well.

25.   Early Wednesday, the rebels threatened to kill their captives.

26.   Fearing the two escaped inmates would kill their captive, police were refraining from overtaking the car.

27.   Gradually, the captives were killed, escaped or were ransomed.

28.   He also warned that the captives would be killed if rebels determined they were U.S. government agents.

29.   He maintained that the kidnappers had not intended to kill Waxman and that the captive was killed by fragments of grenades thrown by Israeli rescuers.

30.   He maintained the kidnappers did not intend to kill Waxman and that the captive was killed by fragments of a grenade thrown by the Israeli rescuers.