"We should not wait for a serious incident before deciding upon an appropriate degree of regulation - not something heavy handed but something recognising that both the frequency and size of these huge commercial cycling events have greatly increased, " he said.

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By all accounts, the incident began after soldiers from the company were fired upon.

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As regards this particular incident, we will work in the manner that I described to you to call upon Iran to release Mr. Hekmati immediately.

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Torrance police also fired upon another blue pickup the same day, but no one was injured in that incident, a law enforcement source said.

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Several of the plaintiffs are connected to a September 2007 shooting incident in Baghdad in which the Iraqi government says security guards, then employed by Blackwater, fired upon and killed 17 Iraqi civilians.

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Five hours into the incident, a SWAT team in an armored vehicle broke out a house window, and the gunman fired upon the vehicle, without injury to the officers, police said.

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