These militias hanged eight people and forced several elected officials to resign.

The militia forced the raiders inside the engine house.

Military-backed militias have killed hundreds and forced thousands to flee since the South Pacific territory voted last week for independence from Indonesia.

They also destroyed many of the island's first settlements, including Guánica, Sotomayor, Daguao and Loíza before the local militia forced them to retreat.

The militia forced Shehu's operator to transmit an all clear signal to his base in Cyprus.

While Abbe de Belmont was carrying the red flag the militia forced the Town Councillors to proclaim martial law.

In Rotterdam and Amsterdam the militias forced the vroedschap to vote against the capitulation.

In Rotterdam the militia forced the vroedschap to oust the remaining States Party regents, as in Dordrecht.

President Mugabe's militia, spurred on by envy and a taste for pillaging, are forcing white farmers into exile, at best.

With military-backed militias destroying the territory's communications system and forcing the departure of most journalists and other outsiders, reports of massacres and terror were difficult to verify.