Sentence examples for fired upon by from inspiring English sources
One of the PAC-organised demonstrations was fired upon by police, resulting in the deaths of 69 protesters in the Sharpeville massacre.
"Coalition forces entered the building and were fired upon by several armed men".
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However, when the federal supply ship was fired upon by shore batteries, it turned back.
They were fired upon by their own side, causing civilians to scatter.
Although the demonstration was peaceful, it was fired upon by riot police.
George Washington was fired upon by fellow British soldiers during the French and Indian War in 1758.
In Red Rock last October, a group of a dozen immigrants were fired upon by two men wearing camouflage.
"And this is the second time in the last 24 hours police have been fired upon by armed assailants".
As the slow-moving gunship droned overhead, laying down a withering field of fire, the aircraft suddenly was fired upon by antiaircraft artillery on the ground.
Georgian forces captured high ground near the Ossetian capital, Tshkanvali, where they said they had been fired upon by Ossetian soldiers and mercenaries from Russia.
