71. Thousands of East Timorese rioted in the streets Sunday, looting shops, burning cars and smashing windows in anti-government protests that appeared fueled by local grievances. 72. Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a man in Vlora on Friday night, and then left the body in his burning car. 73. Witnesses were quoted by French TV as seeing black smoke pouring from a burning car, and smelling gunpowder. 74. A truck carrying peacekeepers arrived on the scene and cordoned off an area near the burning cars as hundreds of bystanders looked on. 75. Another woman was pulled from a burning car, they said. 76. As palls of black smoke rose from burning cars, police riot squads cruised the city streets, firing tear-gas cannisters from the backs of open pick-up trucks. 77. It led to a panic inside the devastated carriage as frightened passengers tried to jump out of the burning car before the train came to a halt. 78. Police found a burning car in Rathcoole after the shooting which they believe is linked to the killing. 79. Police arrested the three men overnight after discovering a burning car with a machine pistol inside. 80. Shortly after the shooting, police found a burning car in the neighbourhood which they believe was connected to the killing. |