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DEFENCE BALL LAUNCHER [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Lethal Weapons
  • Police
CONT

The Interior Minister said that the shots of defensive ball launchers (LBD) would be filmed in the next clashes, by a camera-pedestrian directly on the shooter, or on a police officer accompanying him.

OBS

LBD: The acronym comes from the French term "lanceur de balles de défense".

Key term(s)
  • defense ball launcher

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes non meurtrières
  • Police
DEF

[...] arme sublétale utilisant un projectile conçu pour se déformer/s'écraser à l'impact et limiter le risque de pénétration dans un corps vivant, mais avec une puissance d'arrêt suffisante pour dissuader ou arrêter un individu.

CONT

Selon plusieurs observateurs, spécialistes du maintien de l'ordre, on dénombrerait, au 17 janvier, une centaine de blessés graves, parmi lesquels 71 liés à des tirs de lanceurs de balles de défense (LBD), pour nombre d'entre eux irréversibles.

Key term(s)
  • lanceur de balle de défense

Spanish

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