Doctors were treating many of the injured on the floors of commandeered buses.
They "cleansed" whole streets of Sunnis and summarily killed many of them; took over Sunni mosques; commandeered petrol stations to raise cash; and extorted protection money from businesses.
Yet his arrest, in the absence of any obvious evidence against him, is also consistent with the autocratic and vindictive habits of Mr Rajapaksa's regime.It follows an ugly election in which the president's team, sensing an unexpectedly strong challenge from General Fonseka, set goons on his supporters and commandeered state resources to get out the vote.
During the election the president's team, sensing a strong challenge from Mr Fonseka, set goons on his supporters and commandeered state resources to get out the vote.
From there he launched his literary career with a series of novellas, beginning with Leviathan (1949; Eng. trans. Leviathan), in which a doomed attempt to escape a bombing raid in a commandeered train reflects the plight of humankind as the plaything of a malicious God.
The commando originated with the Boers in South Africa, where it was the administrative and tactical unit "commandeered" by law.
Rounding a corner he found the road blocked by tons of gravel scattered by three commandeered tipper trucks.
Then they commandeered the necessary materials and a marker pen to create bright placards bearing slogans about Sir Philip and his tax responsibilities – material too libellous to repeat here.
Was your TV screen commandeered for family films?
When I was back in London during the summer, about 30 of my close and extended family commandeered the basement of Pizza Hut after visiting an art exhibition, and as we violently exchanged views across the table, while the young kids ran around it, I couldn't have been happier.
Nearby buildings were commandeered by the army and mobile phone coverage was shut down in parts the capital.
