1.   Last April, anti-Albanian riots erupted after the funerals of four local men, also soldiers who died in a similar ambush.

2.   The International Committee of the Red Cross temporarily suspended operations in January after a similar ambush in which no one was injured.

3.   Touma took command of the SLA troops in Jezzine after his predecessor, Lt. Col. Joseph Karam, was seriously injured in a similar ambush last month.

4.   Four people were killed in a similar ambush on the Monrovia-Tubmanburg highway by unidentified gunmen last December.

5.   Three policemen were killed in a similar ambush by militants at Kalakote area of southern Rajouri district, police said Sunday.

6.   Last week a soldier and a civilian were killed at Manetai, also near Arawa, in a similar ambush.

7.   The attack took place in the same area where nine police constables were killed by the Tigers in a similar ambush two days ago, officials said.

8.   The official said a similar ambush in the same region Monday left three Abkhzian soldiers seriously wounded.