What is mentioned profusely is that the armed forces and the police are involved in the indiscriminate killing of civilian protesters.

During the protests of 1968, Mexican government killed students and civilian protesters.

We are from the Army and we have defected because the government is killing civilian protesters.

It was believed to be the first time that Sandinista authorities had used tear gas against civilian protesters.

Commanders encounter civilian protesters and even hostile journalists in the heat of battle.

In Ingushetia, civilian protesters stopped the western column and set 30 military vehicles on fire, while about 70 conscripts deserted their units.

Nonetheless, the bullets have caused numerous deaths among civilian protesters, leading to international criticism of their use by the Israelis.

The troops continued to fire on civilian protesters all day Monday.

At first, the opposition claimed that civilian protesters were being killed, like during the other operations of the uprising.

Even after General Namphy's government reversed itself, street demonstrations continued, and before the end of the summer soldiers had killed more than 35 civilian protesters.