Anti-nuclear protesters have seized on the incident as fresh evidence of dangerous fallibility.

The protesters seized guns from the police and declared a "holy war," and by the Government's own count 22 people were killed in the resulting clashes.

After 6,000 indigenous protesters and several disgruntled military officers seized the congressional building and the presidential palace, Mahuad fled to an unknown location.

Last week, the protesters had seized overnight an administration building that houses the office of the president.

The protesters broke into Gholhak and briefly seized six British embassy staff before being released by the Iranian police.

Armed protesters seized the radio building.

Japan was a political hotbed at the time, and radical protesters seized on the issue to mount a major attack against the conservative Government.

The paratroopers retreated, and protesters seized armories and armored personnel carriers.

A police station was torched after protesters seized weapons stored inside before telling officers to get out.

In Tarija protesters seized and occupied government buildings.