PARIS, France (AP) -- A military shooting demonstration in southeast France on Sunday left 16 people wounded, including children, when real bullets were used instead of blank ones, officials said.
Four of the wounded were in serious condition, including a 3-year-old child, Bernard Lemaire, chief of the regional administration in Aude, said on France-3 television. Fifteen of the injured were civilians.
A Defense Ministry official said the incident occurred during a demonstration of hostage-freeing techniques at the Laperrine military barracks. The official said investigators will look into why real bullets were used.
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How in the HELL do you put on a demo without checking, re checking, then checking again to make sure your actually loading blanks into your weapon !!!!!!!????????????
Of course, if your always use to waving a white flag instead of actually firing your weapon......it might be possible.
I'm just saying.
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They shouldn't give "loaded weapons" to kids below the age of 12 and anyone of the Species "Homosurrenders"!!RS Class 5-82
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In reading the article, it sounds like it was only one of the 'soldiers' that had live rounds loaded. If it was all of them, I would say it was a major fuck up, but since it was only one, I say criminal intent.
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That is a possibility, especially if there is some sort of connection with the shooter and one or more of the victims. Roommate, ex-girlfriend, etc....SilentKiller wrote:In reading the article, it sounds like it was only one of the 'soldiers' that had live rounds loaded. If it was all of them, I would say it was a major fuck up, but since it was only one, I say criminal intent.