The police quoted witnesses as saying the car accelerated and tried to pass the tractor-trailer on the right before it could make its turn.

Kuwaiti newspapers quoted witnesses as saying the two men had entered the meeting hall hand in hand.

Most of the detainees have been released, although the report quotes witnesses as saying some were beaten while in captivity.

Other officials quoted witnesses as saying the first flames were farther forward.

Reuters quoted witnesses as saying that the plane split into five parts when it crashed.

The Fars news agency quoted witnesses saying the incident had been a suicide attack.

Yet it quotes witnesses as referring to the hearing as being public.

The police quoted witnesses as saying that all three victims were hit by the pellets of a single shotgun blast.

The report quoted witnesses who said that women were raped, sometimes by several men, in different fraternity houses on campus.

The group then hijacked a Mercedes, killing its civilian driver, according to local news media reports, quoting witnesses.