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Oh It was just an Accident? Ok Dont Sweat It.
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 1:00 pm
by TylerBakersGonnaBGreat
PARIS — 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.
No information was immediately available about what kind of weapon was used.
The soldier who fired the shots has been detained, Lemaire said. He said the injuries were likely an accident but that it could have been a "criminal act."
In a statement, President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed his "horror" at Sunday's incident at the base, which houses the 3rd marine infantry parachute regiment.
The injured were taken to nearby hospitals, with the most seriously wounded taken to Toulouse.
How do you ACCIDENTALLY SHOOT 16 PEOPLE?!
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 1:37 pm
by Fumblerooskies
I hear France has already surrendered to the guy, too.
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:40 pm
by ATrain
I didn't know there were guns in France
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 4:40 pm
by RagingTireFire
ATrain wrote:I didn't know there were guns in France
It's just the one. They pass it around.
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 8:40 pm
by flamesbball84
hostage-freeing techniques consist of shooting up all the civilians? well, that's logical...
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 9:33 pm
by RagingTireFire
flamesbball84 wrote:hostage-freeing techniques consist of shooting up all the civilians? well, that's logical...
It works for the Russians. And in the movie '
Speed'. Can't go wrong on either count, right?
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 9:37 pm
by 01LUGrad
History lesson:
One of the main reasons the British wore red coats in battle was that when one of them was hit by a bullet, the blood would not be as visible to the unharmed soldiers, theoretically allowing them to carry on without the image of their buddy bleeding out on the field.
There is also a similar story that explains why the French wear brown pants on the battlefield.
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 9:51 pm
by AZjonz
01LUGrad wrote:History lesson:
One of the main reasons the British wore red coats in battle was that when one of them was hit by a bullet, the blood would not be as visible to the unharmed soldiers, theoretically allowing them to carry on without the image of their buddy bleeding out on the field.
There is also a similar story that explains why the French wear brown pants on the battlefield.
Well played. I'm going to steal this story.