Original sentence: Blackwater and some of his guards said that the convoy had been ambushed and that they had fired at the attackers in defense of the convoy.The Iraqi government, three Blackwater guards present at the scene, Iraqi witnesses and prosecutes on the other hand allege that the killings were unprovoked and unjustified
Edited sentence: The Blackwater guards said that the convoy had been ambushed and that they had fired at the attackers in defense of the convoy