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"Scout* barely realised that something round and hard, with smoke coming from
it, had landed in front of them before it exploded.
Pain suddenly shot through their leg and arm. Scout fell to their knees before
someone nearby helped them rush out of the area.
“My ears were ringing, my eyes were stunned by the flash,” Scout tells
Guardian Australia.
“It was like in the movies when a bomb goes off in a war zone.
“I was really in shock for a little while, it was hard to walk on my leg, and I
could feel a burning sensation, but the adrenaline … basically set in.”
Vision of the protest in Melbourne last month shows how a Victoria police
officer detonated a munition known as a “stinger grenade” where Scout was
standing.
The footage shows a member of the Public Order Response Team (Port) skirting
behind a row of officers in a standoff with protesters.
The Port member then moves forward, crouches and lobs the grenade towards the
protesters via an underarm throw. It strikes an umbrella, which was being used
by one protester to avoid being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum (OC) foam, and
lands on the road. For about a second, it seems to be either unnoticed or
ignored.
Then it explodes.
The stinger grenade is designed as a crowd-control device. It makes a loud
noise, creates a blinding flash and fires rubber projectiles.
According to its manufacturer, some versions of the grenade can also discharge
chemical agents or OC spray, but it is unclear which model is used by Victoria
police."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
