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Police fire water cannon, teargas as Hong Kong protest heats up
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Aug 31 (ANI): The police fired water cannon, teargas, and rubber bullets to dispel the crowd of protesters as they defied the police ban and marched towards police headquarters in Hong Kong's central Wan Chai for 13th consecutive weekend.
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Georgia: Police fire rubber bullets, water cannon to disperse protesters n
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], Jun 21 (ANI): The police resorted to firing rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters after they attempted to storm the Georgian Parliament over the visit of a Russian lawmaker here on Thursday.
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Hong Kong protests: Police fire rubber bullets, use batons to disperse agi
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 12 (ANI): Local police wearing anti-riot gear on Wednesday used a range of weapons, including rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray, and batons, on protesters who intensified demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill which would allow criminal suspects in the ci
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337 injured during Catalan independence referendum vote
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], Oct 1(ANI): As many as 337 people have been injured, some seriously, after Spanish police in riot gear cracked down on voters by firing rubber bullets and stormed polling stations to confiscate ballot boxes to halt the Catalonia independence referendum.
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Our intention is not to kill anyone: CRPF on plastic bullets in Kashmir
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing row surrounding the use of plastic and rubber bullets by the security forces in the restive Kashmir Valley, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) DIG Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday said their intention is to spread the crowd not to
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Pellet guns are last resort, exploring option of 'rubber bullets'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 10 (ANI): In a Supreme Court hearing on the burning issue on the usage of pellet guns to disperse protestors in the Valley, the Centre on Monday assured the apex court that using the weapon is the absolute last resort and the idea is not to kill anybody.
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Stop use of pellet guns, empathize with Kashmiri youth: KTS Tulsi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 25 (ANI): With Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh hinting that an alternative to the use of pellet guns in the Valley may be announced soon, senior advocate KTS Tulsi while citing the examples of various other countries emphasized on the use of rubber bullets by the security f
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