[Police Press Conference] The ten-inch wooden bomb six or seven riot has used a shootable foot police: if applicable

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Written by: Peng Kaixin and Zheng Qiuling

2019-11-29 18:55

A new brother, Deng Bingqiang, said at a tea gathering with the media yesterday that he would consider reintroducing wooden bombs to disperse the protesters. Today (29th), Senior Superintendent Wang Weixun of the Police Operations Department responded at a regular press conference that the police had stopped using wooden bombs 16 years ago and replaced them with rubber bombs. Wooden bullets are a covered riot of force, 10.5 inches long wooden ammunition, designed to use pain to disperse the crowd. Information shows that the police used wooden bombs during the June 7 riots, and their power could cause broken feet.

Civil Rights Watch points out that the Hong Kong police are currently equipped with tear gas, sponge, rubber, and pouch bombs. (Profile picture / Photo by Cai Zhengbang)

Wang Weixun pointed out that, in response to operational efficiency and application, the police introduced rubber bullets to replace wood bombs more than ten years ago. The police reviewed the effectiveness of their ammunition from time to time. Reduction in ammunition force, in fact, the point of tightening the effect of force. "As for whether the police will use higher-level force in the future, Wang said that" there should be no incident ", but emphasized that the police will constantly review, if the ammunition is suitable, the police Will definitely use it.

It is understood that wooden bombs were used during the June 7 riots. The principle is to fire wooden bombs on the ground and then use the rebound force to hit the demonstrators' feet. Their lethality is stronger than rubber bullets, which can cause broken feet. In dealing with the demonstrators this time, the police found that the police force lacked some non-lethal weapons that could cause the demonstrators to lose their attack power in the short to medium range.

"June 7 Riot" police use 90 wooden bombs

Checking the information, the police used wooden bombs in many social movements in the past. In December 1989, the police used 12 wooden bombs during the "Sesame Bay Boat People's Riot"; in the 1966 "Star Ferry Raising Price Riot" incident, the police used 62 wooden bombs; and during the "June 7 Riot", the police 90 wooden rounds were used to disperse the crowd.

The wooden bullet was fired by a vulgar "big mouth gun"

A retired police officer who participated in the response to the June 7 riots revealed that the wooden bomb was fired by a Faderu inch-caliber half-caliber gun commonly known as a "big-mouth gun", with a range of up to 70 meters, hitting at an angle of about 10 degrees, and firing 7 to On the 8-meter ground, the wooden bomb will spin and fly after it rebounds, and then hit the crowd's feet. The height after the rebound can reach 5 inches above the knee. In the first wave of spinning, the foot will be broken and the foot will break. , More powerful than rubber bullets. He pointed out that since the use of wooden bombs in Ireland in the early 1970s, the Hong Kong government has reviewed and introduced rubber bullets to gradually replace them.

Senior Police Superintendent Wang Weixun of the Police Operations Department pointed out that the police reviews the effectiveness of its ammunition from time to time. If the ammunition is suitable, the police will definitely use it. (Photo by Yu Ruijing)

Civil Rights Watch points out that the police's attitude to seek more lethal weapons in non-live ammunition and low-lethal weapons is also contrary to the UN's "Basic Principles for the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials" and avoids the spirit of using force to cause death or injury to people. .

According to Civil Rights Watch, the Hong Kong police are currently equipped with weapons such as tear gas, sponge bombs, rubber bombs, and pouch bombs, which have injured many people in past demonstrations, including at least three people who have suffered serious eye damage or blindness. There have been two serious incidents in which demonstrators were fired with live ammunition, which are alarming alarms.

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