"In the last few days, gangs armed and directed by President Aristide have looted and attacked people and property in Port-au-Prince," the statement said.

Two pubs were attacked within minutes by a gang armed with a pick-axe.

A gang armed with guns and bombs attacked a security post on the Irish border today, killing two British soldiers and seriously wounding a third, the police said.

So was it reasonable for the driver to step in and use his car to defend himself against a gang armed with lumps of concrete?

Until last week, gangs armed by Mr. Aristide were seen as intimidating his foes.

On February 28, 2013 ten Albanian teenagers in Skopje were attacked and beaten by a masked gang armed with knives and blunt objects.

The gang, armed with a pick axe handle and sledge hammer, demanded: If you don't give us James you'll regret it.

Kikuyus quickly took revenge, organising into gangs armed with iron bars and table legs and hunting down Luos and Kalenjins in Kikuyu-dominated areas like Nakuru.

At Karpara, a Muslim gang armed with deadly weapons entered the house of Jadav Majumdar and looted properties worth Rs.

The former hospital surgeon, six Americans, a German and an Afghan were lined up and shot one after the other by a 10-strong gang armed with AK-47 rifles.