21.   The circumstances of the shooting were unclear, but Lt. Col. Bill Costello said the prisoner had been shot before he was detained by U.S. troops.

22.   The guard shot the prisoners Wednesday as they tried to escape from a cell in Maraba commune in Butare prefecture, the news agency said.

23.   German guard dogs kept them moving, and SS soldiers shot prisoners who could go no further.

24.   But immediately after his departure these prisoners had been shot.

25.   Condemned prisoners are shot in the neck with a pistol.

26.   The statement said one prisoner was shot in the leg and another in the abdomen in the action.

27.   The unit shot the prisoners, he added.

28.   The unit shot the prisoners, he said.

29.   Other people who have escaped Iraq have told how they saw the brigadier shoot prisoners himself.