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Hong Kong protests: Police fire rubber bullets, use batons to disperse agi
Updated : 6 years, 9 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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Paris: Police resort to tear gas shelling as Yellow Vest protests turn vio
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 25 (ANI): The police had to resort to using tear gas after clashes erupted during the Yellow Vest protests here on Saturday.
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Paris: Yellow Vest protesters attack police with excreta-like substance, t
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], Apr 20 (ANI): Police on Saturday had to resort to using tear gas after they were attacked by the Yellow Vest protesters with an excreta-like substance here as the demonstrations entered their 23rd continuous week.
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Police lob teargas shells at protesting students in Muzzafarabad
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], Jan 31 (ANI): A number of people were severely injured when police baton charged and used tear gas shelling to disperse protesting students in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday.
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Army should use water cannons, tear gas instead of bullets: Farooq Abdulla
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday asserted that the Army should have used water cannons or tear gas instead of bullets. His observations were in the context of seven civilians' deaths following an encounter in
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Brussels: Police use tear gas to disperse anti-migration protestors
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 17 (ANI): Police in Brussels on Sunday used tear gas and water cannon to disperse anti-migration protestors demonstrating against the United Nations' (UN) Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) agreed on by 164 countries in Marrakech on December
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200 arrested as 'yellow jacket' protests continue in France
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], Dec 8 (ANI): At least 200 people were on Saturday arrested, with the police resorting to firing hundreds of tear gas shells to disperse crowds during the ongoing fourth week of protests across France against President Emmanuel Macron-led government.
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Tear gas used against migrants at Mexico border very safe: Trump
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has claimed that the tear gas used against migrants at the Mexico border is "very safe".
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US closes border crossing, use tear gas on refugees
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
San Diego (California) [USA], Nov26(ANI): The US Customs and Border Protection on Sunday closed the border between Tijuana in Mexico and San Diego in California and used tear gas on migrants and refugees, including children, whoever tried to cross the border fence.
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Paris: Tear gas, water cannons used to disperse demonstrators
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], Nov 24 (ANI): In a bid to disperse large the number of demonstrators that had gathered at the Champs Elysees on Saturday, police personnel were forced to fire tear gas shells and water cannons at them.
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Pakistan cracks down on Kashmiri protestors in PoK
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kotli [Pakistan-occupied Kashmir], Aug 28 (ANI): Dozens of people were severely injured in Kotli town of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) after police baton-charged demonstrators who were carrying out a peaceful rally. The demonstrators were demanding their due share of rights, which they hav
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10 farmers injured after police fire tear gas to control crowd in Bhavnaga
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Gujarat (Gandhinagar) [India] Apr 1 (ANI): About 60 farmers were detained and 10 were injured after the police fired tear gas shells to control the crowd in Bhavnagar's Padva on Sunday.
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