1.   Gaping holes still pierce the roofs of apartment buildings.

2.   Most are abstract, with smooth or rugged surfaces, splashed with color, pierced by holes or oddly twisted.

3.   Their hands were tied behind their backs and bullet holes had pierced their skulls.

4.   Bullet holes pierced a wall in the small room.

5.   Huge holes pierced the building, they said.

6.   Huge holes pierced the building, witnesses said.