This beverage she poured into a square, wide-mouthed flask, into which she placed a thick stem of anis.

Absinthe's popularity also had begun to skyrocket, so a rinse of the herbal, anis-flavoured spirit found its way into the glass.

The Golden Bridge horsemen gave the call for "gone to the ground," although Biffington was up in a tree with his bag of anis.

The police station was also damaged, city administrator Sahibzada Anis told Reuters.

A British man and a Nigerian man were also wounded, Anis said.