Word: gunpoint
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...trigger-happy gangsters over life in the city. "We have grown up with violence here, but recently it has got totally out of control," says Humberto Olvera, a 30-year-old accountant. Olvera recounts how he recently crashed into the car of a minor trafficker, and was marched at gunpoint into his parents' house until he paid the man off in cash...
...We’ve been kidnapped, held at gunpoint, held at knife point—you name it,” said Filkins, who has reported on conflicts from Sri Lanka to Afghanistan. “The insurgents have made it a priority to target reporters...
...four paintings stolen at gunpoint earlier this month from a Zurich museum were found in good condition Monday afternoon, the police reported on Tuesday. But efforts continue to catch the thieves and find the other two stolen masterpieces...
...afternoon of February 10, while 15 visitors strolled around three floors of the vine-covered villa, which houses one of the world's most impressive private collections of European art. The masked thieves, including one who witnesses said spoke German with a Slavic accent, ordered the museum staff at gunpoint to lie down on the floor. They then stripped the wall of the downstairs salon of four paintings, estimated at $160 million. The heist took less than three minutes and nobody was hurt...
...rebels. "We know the helicopters come and drop special forces in the hills," said one farmer who did not want to give his name. As we walked further into the area, two Australian soldiers wearing camouflage paint on their faces burst out of the bushes and ordered us at gunpoint to get down on the ground. One of the soldiers, corporal Simon Zapelli, said he was detaining us "for your own safety" but declined to explain why locals were allowed to continue through the village if it was so dangerous. After three hours the soldiers released us, with one observing...