Five men were killed in the gun attack; three Catholics, two Protestants.

He said the police were investigating a number of possibilities, including one that a gun attack was supposed to have been coordinated with the bombing.

The Spanish naval vessel fought off a gun attack by the pirates.

A mile later, they came under fierce gun attack from dense bush.

However, most of their operations involved gun attacks rather than bombings.

A police spokesman said: 'These wild gun attacks by terrorists place the whole community at risk.

Todd's hysterical gun attack had delayed Vincent five precious minutes.

Three people were injured in the gun attack with others wounded from a series of physical attacks by C Company members.

The dead men were believed to be responsible for a gun attack on Wednesday that left two people dead.

Some analysts said such gun attacks were simply easier to carry out than suicide bombings.