Israel says army snipers are firing at armed men inside the church.

It is not clear who shot him, but some among the protesters were quick to blame army snipers.

Army snipers generally choose from four different weapons, depending on the mission.

Protest leaders claimed that a number of people were hit by army snipers from nearby buildings.

In city or desert, Army snipers spend hours planning and setting up their positions, often under cover of darkness.

Marshall's report, on 1 May, stated that Army snipers were still active in the city.

Across the street from the restaurant, on the roof of a Kmart, I could see police or army snipers.

Some said the assassin was an army sniper.

The killer, assumed to be an Irish Republican Army sniper, has not been found.

Throughout the siege, Israeli Army snipers killed seven fighters inside the church from their rooftop position.