Sentence examples for compound gunfire from inspiring English sources

In the streets beyond the compound, gunfire continued to ring out, although it was unclear whether it was a result of continued skirmishes or celebrations.

Seconds after the buses left the compound, gunfire erupted out of the darkness.

With as few as four armed Americans and three armed Libyans guarding the mission as the attack began, Mr. Stevens's own bodyguard was so far away that he needed to sprint across the compound under gunfire to reach the building where the ambassador was working at the time.

Bulldozers breached a wall of Mr. Arafat's compound amid heavy gunfire, Palestinian officials said.

The attackers arrived on a motorbike and were unable to enter the building after someone inside the compound, alerted by gunfire, locked the outside gate.

Heavy gunfire from compound.

Afghan police said at least one other attacker got inside the compound and was exchanging gunfire with Afghan troops two hours after the initial blast.

The UN said its compound came under heavy gunfire on Thursday afternoon from Gbagbo's special forces, entrenched close to the presidential palace.

In an interview with The New York Times in October, Mr. Abu Khattala said he had arrived at the American compound in Benghazi as gunfire broke out but had played no role in the attack, in which Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was killed.

Mr. Caddell said his lawsuit revolved around four issues: Did federal agents direct indiscriminate gunfire at the compound during the initial raid?

Witnesses told the UN investigators that there was no gunfire around the compound for "tens of minutes" before Hook was hit.