shoot demonstrators

Examples (10)

• Two student demonstrators were shot and killed by security forces.
• The soldiers received orders to shoot the demonstrators if they crossed the barricade.
• Reports claim that security forces are shooting unarmed demonstrators in the capital.
• The general warned that his troops would shoot any demonstrators who tried to storm the parliament.
• Is there any evidence that the police intended to shoot the demonstrators that day?
• International law considers it a war crime to shoot peaceful demonstrators.
• Historians confirmed that the regime did shoot demonstrators during the 1988 uprising.
• The captain gave a direct order not to shoot the demonstrators, but it was ignored.
• If the government decides to shoot demonstrators, it will face international condemnation.
• The decision to shoot the demonstrators sparked a full-scale civil war.