They sent troops into Northern Ireland with a shoot-to-kill policy against their own citizens.

This led to accusations of a shoot-to-kill policy by the RUC.

The general also denied that soldiers were following a shoot-to-kill policy.

Radio call-in shows debate the pros and cons of shoot-to-kill policies on the Underground.

Could a reforming East Berlin government then maintain a shoot-to-kill policy on the Wall?

The killings again prompted allegations that the British Army was operating a "shoot-to-kill" policy.

The men's relatives considered their killings to be part of a deliberate shoot-to-kill policy by the security forces.

Easterbrook also believed that the police had operated a shoot-to-kill policy.

The Irish officers were accused of pursuing a shoot-to-kill policy against suspected terrorists in 1982.

It raised serious questions about the police's shoot-to-kill policy on suicide bombers and threatened officers' morale.