1. The city was one of the first areas that plunged into armed conflict in 2011.

2. At one point, he said, their heavily armed captors numbered more than 300.

3. It was there police discovered he had not been armed with a real pistol.

4. Police were searching for an armed man after three police officers were killed in a shooting.

5. Friday night, state media reported that there were armed men inside the mosque.

6. Most are members of the armed forces who are deployed overseas.

7. At least two of the front men were armed with rifles.

8. No one seems to doubt the dead were part of an armed gang.

9. He also added that the suspects were heavily armed and they wanted to kill more people.

10. The suspect who was on the loose is said to be armed and dangerous.

11. Many farmers live on isolated properties and have been shot at by armed herdsmen.

12. It was unclear how the armed men reached the remote area and then escaped.

13. Those weapons often went to competing armed groups or found their way into the hands of extremists.

14. He ended up in prison after being linked to two other armed robberies.

15. He was also armed with at least one knife.