Sentence examples for snipers were positioned from inspiring English sources

Snipers were positioned inside and around the building to pick off people even when guns were supposed to be silent.

Five snipers were positioned around the tarmac and began to fire as the terrorists emerged from the helicopters.

Members of the group said that snipers were positioned on the rooftops of several buildings and that several neighborhoods were under siege.

Later, an investigation found that an American bomb had struck a building where militant snipers were positioned, setting off secondary explosions that led to its collapse and killing more than 100 people sheltering inside.

Snipers were positioned on the stadium roof during the opening ceremony, and patrons had been advised to arrive two hours early so they could be searched for a long list of prohibited items, including food, umbrellas and loose change.

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.

Snipers were positioning around the squash court, but she decided things had gone too far.

But the city is at war, and a sniper is positioned between the two homes.

The sniper was positioned in the living room of the most opulently furnished apartment in the building.

Soon, security dogs sniffed through his home — he had to lock his beloved cats in his bedroom — and a sniper was positioned on his neighbor's roof.

A grenade was later lobbed onto the roof where the sniper team was positioned and hit Petty Officer Monsoor in the chest before dropping to the ground.