Associated Press
| May 5, 2013
At least 20 people have been killed and person and several injured when thousands of Islamic activists demanding an anti-blasphemy law clashed violently with Bangladesh police in Dhaka. Protesters set fires and hurled rocks as security forces fire...
Euronews
| Apr 1, 2013
Bahrain police casually tossed tear gas and stun grenades at anti-government female protesters, even though some of them were with toddlers. Women launched the demonstration in support of jailed political prisoners and against an upcoming Formula ...
Russia Today
| Nov 5, 2012
Riot police launched stun grenades and smoke bombs against thousands of Kuwaiti demonstrators who defied a ban on public gatherings to protest new voting rules for parliamentary elections next month. Check out Russia Today's take on why the US wou...
Russia Today
| Oct 5, 2012
Israeli police stormed a holy site in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, dispersing dozens of Palestinians who police say lobbed rocks at officers. The clash occurred at a compound containing the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam'...
Russia Today
| Apr 24, 2012
Hundreds took part in the funeral of 36-year-old Salah Abbas Habib who was found dead in the village of Bilad al-Qadim on Saturday, after the police dispersed a protest there. Security forces on Monday fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse ...
Al Jazeera English
| Apr 6, 2012
WARNING: Graphic Content. As prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner Abdulhadi Alkhawaja nears death after a two-month hunger strike to protest his imprisonment, we present "Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark," first shown in August, 2011. It tells ...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 30, 2012
Al Jazeera's correspondent Cal Perry reports from the Qalandiya checkpoint in the West Bank on Land Day, as the Israeli army clashes with Palestinian protesters.
Sky News
| Mar 22, 2012
Mohammed Merah, the man suspected of killing seven people in and around Toulouse, has been killed after shooting on police surrounding his flat in the city.
France's interior minister Claude Gueant gave the news to reporters at the scene.
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 21, 2012
Fault Lines tells the definitive history of Occupy Wall Street from its early days through the movement's rapid spread up to the brutal crackdown by state authorities.
— Apr 20, 2012 at 09:49 am
...Spring protests. Predominantly Shiite Iran has called for Sunni-dominated Bahrain to listen to its people’s demands. Its population is mostly Sh...
A stun grenade, also known as a flash grenade or flashbang, is a non-lethal explosive device used to temporarily disorient an enemy's senses. It is designed to produce a blinding flash of light and loud noise without causing permanent injury. It was first developed by the British Army's SAS in the 1960s.
The flash produced momentarily activates all photoreceptor cells in the eye, making vision impossible for approximately five seconds, until the eye restores itself to its normal, unstimulated state. The loud blast causes temporary loss of hearing, and also disturbs the fluid in the ear, causing loss of balance.
The concussive blast of the detonation can still injure, and the heat created can ignite flammable materials such as fuel. The fires that occurred during the Iranian Embassy Siege in London were caused by stun grenades.
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