plastic bullet

Related to plastic bullet: rubber bullet

plastic bullet

A non-lethal projectile fired from a specialised gun and intended for crowd control. Plastic bullets were developed by British security forces to replace rubber bullets, which ricochet unpredictably and are associated with a greater number of fatalities than plastic bullets. The bullets weigh 130 g, are meant to be effective at 3 to 6 metres and are shot into unruly crowds at or below waist level.

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The baton gun which fired a single plastic bullet was used for the first time in the force area to arrest Mr Loan.

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Officers said a plastic bullet - technically called a baton round - was fired after attempts to make the man drop his weapons failed.

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Police initially tried to disarm him using CS gas, but after he became even more aggressive a plastic bullet was fired.

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ISLAMABAD -- In occupied Kashmir, after failing to suppress the Kashmiris' ongoing freedom movement with bullets, pellets and teargas and PAVA shells, Indian police will now use plastic bullets for crowd dispersal in the territory.

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POLICE took down a woman with a plastic bullet during a dramatic stand-off at a tourist attraction.

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Some people reacted to the municipal police claiming that they resorted to plastic bullet during the supervision.

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At least one plastic bullet was fired and water cannons have been deployed.

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NORTHERN Ireland Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mairead Corrigan, hit out at Israeli authorities last night as she recovered from being hit by a plastic bullet.

NI peace winner hit by bullet

Supporting riot control weapons is controversial, but if you're out tossing petrol bombs then you flipping deserve a good thwack with a plastic bullet.

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THEmanwho became the first person on mainland Britain to be shot by police with a plastic bullet was yesterday charged with making threats to kill.

Plastic bullet man charged

A plastic bullet hit the rear window of the car, but the two were unharmed, the union added.

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