Sentence examples for were ordered to shoot from inspiring English sources

The police were ordered to shoot directly into the crowd.

He and another marksmen were ordered to shoot the giraffes one by one "behind the ear" as they emerged from their enclosures under the glare of huge spotlights.

Mr. Abdel-Jalil said many in Colonel Qaddafi's forces helped the revolution, through sabotage or collaboration with rebels or by aiming away from people they were ordered to shoot.

A third officer said the police were told to shoot only to defend the Interior Ministry and, he said, they were ordered to shoot into the air or at the legs, not to kill.

The new orders are the same, officials said, as the rules of engagement in effect for the first months of the uprising, when soldiers were ordered to shoot just in response to gunfire or other "life threatening" situations.

Melzer describes an abrupt change where military members were ordered to "shoot to kill", replacing prior orders to incapacitate.

He had been ordered to shoot -- and so he shot.

They have been ordered to shoot the older students but not the children," Khorasani said.

And instead of confronting armed insurgents, the unit was ordered to shoot protesters.

In that case, would the American military be ordered to shoot them down?

In a bid to restore order, the security forces have been ordered to shoot rioters on sight.