Police officers had negotiated with the man for hours over a special telephone line,according to Louise Brown, a police spokeswoman, who said he told authorities he "didn't want to hurt any more women". #200 Officers Converge More than 200 police and Air Force canine units converged on the scene and police snipers were stationed on rooftops, according to witnesses.
Ahmed Bogdash, an activist in Latakia, speaking by telephone, said that snipers were perched on rooftops and that gunfire was rattling across some neighborhoods, whose streets were largely empty.
Ahmed Bogdash, an activist in Latakia, said by phone that snipers were perched on rooftops and that gunfire rattled across some neighborhoods, whose streets were largely empty.
Snipers were stationed on rooftops, and security was stepped up at landmarks, bridges, tunnels and the New York and New Jersey ports.
A1 SECURING THE SERIES -- Secret Service agents swept the stands, snipers were stationed on rooftops and even hot dog vendors were screened at Yankee Stadium.
Omar Habbal, an activist with the Local Coordination Committees, an opposition group involved in organizing and documenting protests, said that three tanks took positions in Assi Square, and that snipers were positioned on rooftops surrounding the square.
A resident from Homs reached through Skype called the situation "unbearable," saying the roads had checkpoints and barricades every few miles, while snipers were visible on rooftops of buildings held by pro-government forces.
The alerts prompted a massive response by law enforcement agencies in the affected cities. Snipers were stationed on rooftops of nearby buildings, police with bomb-sniffing dogs patrolled the building's lobbies and roadblocks in all three cities snarled traffic.
Snipers were stationed on rooftops.
In Tikrit, Brandon and his unit chase a gunman in a car into an alley, where snipers are waiting on rooftops.
Snipers are poised on rooftops, Hardan said, adding that Iraqi soldiers have not come closer to the village than about four miles.
