1.   One of the neighbours was sure to have made an anonymous call to the police, reporting the gunshot.

2.   After the Bite Fight, the casino was closed when gunshots were reported.

3.   Gunshots were reported on the staircase adjoining the plane Sunday evening, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe confirmed on French TV, but no other details were immediately available.

4.   Police said they found the body after receiving two anonymous phone calls, one reporting gunshots near the highway, the second reporting a dead body on the road.

5.   Someone in the neighborhood reported gunshots but also said it could have been a car backfiring.

6.   State police, called after gunshots were reported on Saturday evening, found a man lying dead behind the steering wheel of a car.

7.   Witnesses said gunshots were reported near the airport Saturday morning, but the news blackout made it difficult to confirm.

8.   Witnesses said gunshots were reported near the airport Saturday morning, but the news blackout on state radio and television made it difficult to confirm.

9.   Sporadic gunshots were reported as groups of Itsekiri and Urhobo youths fought on Saturday and Sunday over the control of a town union, a police spokesman told AFP.