Canadian police use pepper spray, stun grenades in push to clear capital
- 20-Feb-2022
OTTAWA: Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray and stun grenades in a final push to clear the capital of trucks and demonstrators who have occupied the downtown core of Ottawa for more than three weeks to protest against pandemic restrictions. After clearing a portion of the blockade and making more than 100 arrests on […]
India starts firing chilli sprays, stun grenades to dissuade Rohingya influx
- 22-Sep-2017
NEW DELHI: India has stepped up security along its largely porous eastern border with Bangladesh and is using “chilli and stun grenades” to block the entry of Rohingya Muslims fleeing from violence in their homeland of Myanmar, officials said on Friday. Border forces in Hindu-majority India, which wants to deport around 40,000 Rohingya Muslims already […]