31.   Police blamed neighborhood militias, which often attack suspected criminals, prostitutes, homosexuals and others they deem undesirable.

32.   Polls show Brazilians living in crime-ridden violent cities support death squad killings of suspected criminals.

33.   A human rights group said Thursday that Mozambican police are summarily executing suspected criminals, in some cases shooting suspects after they have been handcuffed.

34.   A military policeman was killed during a shootout as troops beseiged an Afghan refugee camp in search of two suspected criminals, authorities said Thursday.

35.   A police intelligence source said several Russian tourists were under surveillance as suspected criminals, but could not confirm there was a list of would-be deportees.

36.   According to Kanther, suspected criminals would be among the first Vietnamese to be deported.

37.   An advisory panel comprised mostly of judges urged the government Thursday to tighten bail rules to prevent suspected criminals from returning easily to the streets.

38.   Amnesty said it had documented many cases of police torture of suspected criminals, and said the circumstances surrounding the recent Kingston shootings, and others, were questionable.

39.   Authorities believe most stray bullets come from drug gangs fighting for turf or from police shootouts with suspected criminals.

40.   Because people have little confidence in police, they sometimes gouge out eyes or lynch suspected criminals.