On March 20, Ndebele rebels shot and stabbed a native policeman.
The military said it intercepted a Tamil rebel radio transmission saying that rebels had shot down the aircraft.
Residents reported that rebels had shot dead civilians suspected of supporting pro-government militia.
Sometimes the rebels go in and shoot a lot of people based on the report that there were Interahamwe among them.
The rebels shot me in the back and thought I was dead.
These aircraft were also used for ground attack, and during one such mission, rebels in Oman shot one down.
The rebels shot at us from a hill as we tried to cross the river.
As they fled, the rebels shot dead thousands of civilians, and mutilated hundreds of others.
The rebels have shot to death two mayors and at least 15 other civilians in recent months.
Little resistance was encountered; in total, the rebels shot 189 people.