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Rioters use shotguns on French Police
Al Jizz had the fuller story faster. Wonder why? Rioters have fired buckshot at police injuring 30 policemen, three of them seriously, in an 11th night of riots in France. Riot squad officers were hit by buckshot fired from pistols and hunting rifles in the suburb of Grigny, south of Paris, a police spokesperson said on Sunday. Two officers were being treated in hospital, one with lead shot wounds to the throat, the other with wounds to a leg. Twenty-seven others were treated on the spot. Some 200 youths also lobbed stones and other objects at police. One officer was slightly hurt by buckshot in nearby Draveil. A school and a kindergarten were set on fire in the same region, police said, adding that some 30 people were arrested. Asked whether the rioters could have killed someone, the spokesman said: "Probably not at this distance, but they could have caused bad injuries, or turn one of the officers blind." Posted by: Jomolet Chavith6522 2005-11-06 |
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