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| Chemical pen pistol found in Kashmir |
| 2003-12-13 |
| A lethal chemical pen pistol has been recovered in Jammu and Kashmir, the first such weapon to be found during the 14-year-long insurgency in the state, police said. The 6.35mm pistol and 25 cartridges were recovered from north Kashmirâs Handwara town. Men of the Rashtriya Rifles and the local police recovered the arms during a raid on the house of a man named Bashir Ahmad Khan in Nagrimalpora village, 10km from Handwara town in Kupwara district, police said. âWe recovered a pen pistol of 6.35mm bore and 25 cartridges that were marked Neuroxin and BA (which could stand for biological agent),â a police officer said. âWhen we tried to open one of the cartridges to find out what the charge inside was, it emitted obnoxious fumes and a constable suffered giddiness.The cartridges are being sent for chemical and biological examination.We suspect the cartridges contain some poisonous gas and the pen pistol used to fire them could be a chemical weapon,â the officer said. Though the weapon has very short range, police suspect it could prove lethal if fired. This is the first time such a weapon has been recovered since a separatist movement began in Kashmir in 1989. Thus far, only conventional weapons have been seized from the militants. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #2 6.35mm? Thats a helluva big bullet for a pen. |
| Posted by: Val 2003-12-14 12:33:22 AM |
| #1 James Bond, call your office... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-12-13 9:52:04 PM |