In early 1998 , KLA attacks Attack targeting Yugoslav authorities in Kosovo resulted in Causation an increased presence of Serb paramilitaries and regular forces who subsequently began Process_start pursuing a campaign of retribution targeting KLA sympathisers and political opponents ; this campaign killed Killing 1,500 to 2,000 civilians and KLA combatants .

The killings took place Process_start during and in the immediate aftermath of the occupation of the village by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) supported Supporting by Croatian Serb forces and `` Dušan Silni '' paramilitaries on 10 October , two days after Croatia declared Expressing_publicly independence from Yugoslavia .

After the Croatian Serb forces , the JNA and the paramilitaries established Building their control Control in the village , the Croat population was required Imposing_obligation to wear white armbands and mark Recording their houses using Using white sheets .

According to the Ukrainian government , at the height of the conflict Hostile_encounter in mid-2014 , Russian paramilitaries were reported Reporting to make up between 15 % to 80 % of the combatants .

This sparked clashes Hostile_encounter and gun battles Hostile_encounter between Catholics and Protestants , including republican and loyalist paramilitaries .

The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is an ongoing conflict Hostile_encounter between Maoist groups known as Naxalites or Naxals , and the Indian government supported Supporting by right-wing paramilitaries .

The main paramilitaries involved Cause_to_be_included are the Real IRA , Continuity IRA and Óglaigh na hÉireann .

at least 50 civilians ( and former combatants ) have also been killed Killing by republican paramilitaries , 29 of whom died Death in the omagh bombing Attack carried out Action by the real ira .

The Thammasat University massacre ( in Thailand known simply as the 6 October event , ) was an attack Attack by Thai state forces and far-right paramilitaries on student protesters on the campus of Thammasat University and the adjacent Sanam Luang Square in Bangkok , Thailand , on 6 October 1976 .

The growing dissatisfaction with Chávez among those in the military due to his aggressive manner and alliances with Cuba and paramilitaries also led Causation multiple officers to call Request on Chávez to resign Change_of_leadership .

Loyalist paramilitaries responded Response to the bombing with revenge attacks on Catholic civilians .

They tried to fight Defending off an attack Attack by the Croatian Serb SAO Eastern Slavonia , Baranja and Western Syrmia ( SAO SBWS ) Territorial Defence Forces , supported Supporting by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) and the Serb Volunteer Guard paramilitaries .

A Special Constabulary was formed Coming_to_be , made up mostly of Protestants , and loyalist paramilitaries were active .

The Vukovar massacre , also known as the Vukovar hospital massacre or the Ovčara massacre , was the killing Killing of Croatian prisoners of war and civilians by Serb paramilitaries , to whom they had been turned Becoming over by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) , at the Ovčara farm southeast of Vukovar on 20 November 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

The massacre occurred Coming_to_be shortly after Vukovar 's capture by the JNA , Territorial Defence ( TO ) , and paramilitaries from neighbouring Serbia .

Once at the farm , the prisoners were beaten Bodily_harm for several hours before the JNA pulled Motion its troops from the site , leaving Departing the prisoners in the custody of the Croatian Serb TO and Serbian paramilitaries .

the first bombing Attack in burgh quay may have been carried out Action by former associates Collaboration of the littlejohn brothers who were secret intelligence service Supply provocateurs , in a successful attempt to provoke Causation an irish government clampdown against the provisional ira , while the other three bombings were possibly perpetrated Committing_crime by loyalist paramilitaries , specifically the ulster volunteer force ( uvf ) , with british military or intelligence assistance .