"'Her residence is an official jail now,' said a senior police officer at the scene after daybreak as officers in riot vests and carrying batons descended from buses to man the barricades set up around a 1-km perimeter.'So no one can come out, and no one can meet her,' he said. 'If they try to take the law into their own hands, then we will resort to all means necessary, including charging with batons and tear gas.'"
("Pakistan's Bhutto detained ahead of mass protest," Reuters, 12 Nov 2007)
