Sentence examples for and fired upon from inspiring English sources

Demonstrators were beaten and fired upon, further raising political tensions.

When Vietnamese vessels challenged them, they were rammed and fired upon with water cannon.

Gunmen described by the Syrian regime as 'terrorists' ambushed and fired upon the international team's convoy before seizing the workers on Sunday.

There were reports that police and civilian cars had pursued and fired upon a car carrying three white men, that sped out of the city.

Disputing the mayor's version, American and Honduran officials briefed on the matter said that after a joint team had landed and taken control of a boatload of drugs, a second boat approached and fired upon them.

Ten days before the Games were to open, students protesting the Mexican government's use of funds for the Olympics rather than for social programs were surrounded in the Plaza of Three Cultures by the army and fired upon.

For the next two days, they were armed Islamic revolutionaries, assaulting garrisons and firing upon police stations.

This military hardware is capable of identifying, tracking and firing upon a moving target from a great distance, theoretically without human intervention.

"We are now trained to immediately engage and fire upon anyone … acting that way," said the deputy, who did not want to be named as he was not cleared to speak to the media.

Numerous eyewitnesses saw police aiming tear gas shells at, and firing upon, Muslim youths who tried to defend themselves or others.

They employed the "Parthian shot" tactic, where the horsemen would fake a retreat, only to turn and fire upon their opponents.