51.   The governor of the Primorsky Region, Yevgeny Nazdratenko, blamed the incident, as well others in recent years, on poor government funding of the military.

52.   The newspaperman blamed the incident on TV programs which depict murder as an everyday occurrence.

53.   The Revolutionary Party, in a statement released on Sunday, blamed the incident on the governing Liberation Party.

54.   The Taliban blamed the incident on renegade soldiers angry at U.S. missile attacks against suspected terrorist camps in eastern Afghanistan.

55.   He blamed the incident on Asraf Mangelen, alias Commander Fatah, a former member of an MNLF-breakaway group, who had since turned to banditry.

56.   Another UNHCR official, Panos Moumtzis, blamed the incidents on soldiers of the defeated former government army.

57.   China maintains the guards were carrying out their duties of protecting the consulate and blamed the incident on South Korea.

58.   Clarito blamed the incident on a quarrel between two groups at the resort and said it was not related to incidents of bombings elsewhere in the south.

59.   Rhythm FM quoted Uwazuruike as condemning Tuesday the murder of justice minister Bola Ige, blaming the incident on security lapses.

60.   That incident was also blamed on Bodo militants.