1.   His killing bore the hallmarks of a gangland-style murder, like many of the political killings in Belgrade that have never been solved.

2.   In a killing that bore the hallmarks of an IRA execution, he had been gagged, bound and shot in the back of the head.

3.   Investigators said the shooting bore several hallmarks of a mob-style execution.

4.   Israeli police said the explosions bore the hallmarks of Islamic militant terror attacks.

5.   The attack bore the hallmarks of political assassinations here, which have been carried out in gangland style.

6.   A car bomb exploded in this northern Basque city in an attack that bore the hallmark of the separatist group ETA, police said.

7.   A car bomb exploded early Monday on the northern outskirts of Madrid in an attack that bore the hallmark of the armed Basque separatist group ETA, police said.

8.   A ruling party politician was shot to death Sunday in the city of Zaragoza in an attack that bore the hallmarks of the Basque separatist group ETA.

9.   A spokesman for the Ertzaintza regional police force, customarily not identified, said the attack bore the hallmark of ETA.

10.   A Spanish regional prosecutor was shot and killed Monday in an attack that bore the hallmarks of the Basque separatist group ETA.