51.   It was not clear immediately whether the gun shots were fired by the hostage-taker.

52.   A New York Times reporter got permission to go through on foot, but was then forced back by gun shots.

53.   They also torched a minibus near the volatile campus of Dhaka University and two other vehicles elsewhere, said witnesses, who also reported hearing gun shots.

54.   Two gun shots were fired at a car carrying Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, a member of the Planning Commission, near Dhaka University.

55.   Unidentified men fired gun shots early Tuesday near the memorial but quickly disappeared, witnesses said.

56.   Witnesses said they had heard up to five gun shots during the overnight killing.

57.   Military analysts said the gun shots could have been fired as a protest by supporters of Bagaza.

58.   Several several gun shots were fired and home-made bombs exploded during the three hours of violence, the paper said.

59.   Sporadic gun shots were also fired.