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Police in Myanmar shot rubber bullets at protesters and fired gunshots into the air today as crowds defied a military ban on rallies and took to the streets to a fourth straight day to rage at last week’s coup d’etat. Witnesses described police firing warning shots into the sky before aiming at protesters with rubber … Read more
Armed police guarding nuclear bomb factory lose 1,000 bullets which fell out of the back of an MOD van while driving down a 60mph road Around 1,000 rounds of live ammunition fell off back of a MoD van in Berkshire 9mm bullets rolled from the unmarked vehicle Monday whilst being transported Passerby alerted police after spotting spill … Read more
Dramatic moment armed police swoop on gun runner who tried to smuggle 95 weapons into UK hidden in car engines Michael Nicholls, from Slough, worked to import the guns from mainland Europe Footage shows how officers snared the 28-year-old as part of their investigation His colleagues Denis Kolencukov and Stephen Spires were also jailed in … Read more
A coating to make body armour impervious to bullets, lasers, microbes and even poison gas is being developed in the US from the same material as shrimp shells. Chitin is a robust natural material which forms the shells of crustaceans, protects butterfly wings and is found in mushroom cells. The material is a naturally occurring, and … Read more
Halsey reveals she was shot by rubber bullets twice while protesting in LA… but corrects rumors she was arrested By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 17:06 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 17:06 BST, 31 May 2020 Halsey turned to Twitter to clarify she was not arrested during the Los Angeles’ protests on Saturday, after … Read more
President Trump has commended the tougher tactics being used by law enforcement in Minneapolis after the Minnesota National Guard joined police as another night of chaos erupted in the city. Tear gas and rubber bullets were used by police to clear the streets on Saturday night as protesters gathered for another night of demonstrations over … Read more
Minneapolis cops in riot gear have fired rubber bullets at thousands of defiant protesters who took to the streets to demand justice for George Floyd, the black man who died after a white officer was filmed kneeling on his neck during his arrest. Demonstrators carrying placards reading ‘I can’t breathe’ and ‘Justice 4 Floyd’ surrounded a … Read more
Authorities in Louisiana announced on Sunday that they have arrested a man in connection with a drive-by shooting in which eight to 10 bullets were fired at the home of Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson. Daniel King Jr, 38, of West Monroe, Louisiana, has been charged with one count of aggravated assault by drive-by shooting, … Read more
Spanish conquistadors in Mexico had to ask indigenous smelters to make ammunition for them after running short of supplies, archeologists discover Researchers in Mexico studied copper slag samples at an old Spanish outpost The slag came from improvised smelting operations used to process copper The smelting operations were run by indigenous people to keep the … Read more
That’s one way to enforce a lockdown! Police in South Africa fire RUBBER BULLETS at shoppers queuing for food outside supermarket in Johannesburg Police fired rubber bullets at shoppers outside supermarket, eye-witnesses say Shoppers did not observe recommended safe distance between them Police arrived in 10 patrol vehicles, started firing rubber bullets towards them Later police … Read more