But at 2am, after the protesters refused to move, the security forces opened fire with tear-gas and bullets.
The cabin caught fire when police shot tear gas canisters into it, McMahon told reporters Wednesday.
The cabin caught fire when police shot tear gas canisters into it, McMahon told reporters this week.
CNN: Renegade ex-cop Dorner died from single gunshot to head
Dorner died February 12 while holed up in a cabin that caught fire when police fired tear gas canisters into it.
The cabin caught fire when police shot tear gas canisters into it.
"While at least two policemen are among those killed, preliminary unconfirmed reports suggest that most of the casualties have been caused by live fire and excessive use of tear gas by the authorities, " a statement from Pillay's office said.
Why did the Oakland police open fire on the Occupy protest with tear gas and rubber bullets?
FORBES: Were the Police at the Occupy Oakland Protest Following Conventional Police Procedures?
Still, few Tunisians expected the president to go, even when as many as 40, 000 people gathered on January 14th at the headquarters of the Interior Ministry on Tunis's stately Avenue Bourguiba, braving torrents of tear gas and live fire.
The army - which has stayed on the sidelines during other recent violence - moved in at one point to separate the two sides, but its troops began getting hit by live fire and becoming overwhelmed by police tear gas, Associated Press reports.
The fire ignited after authorities threw flash grenades and tear gas into the apartment to try to flush the shooter out, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson told reporters.
The cabin caught fire during a shootout and standoff with police, who also fired tear gas.
Police fired tear gas as a group within the protesters lit a fire and threw stones and bottles at officers.
When asked last year about the rules of engagement for tear gas, he told the BBC that police in America are trained not to fire head-high and to either arc the canister into the air or roll it on the ground.
Police again used tear gas and batons to break up the crowds, some of whom set rubbish bins on fire, witnesses said.
应用推荐