stun grenade

noun

plural stun grenades

: an explosive device that produces a blinding flash of light and a sudden, loud noise : flash-bang

After initially holding back, the police fired stun grenades, tear gas and hard sponge bullets and sent in officers on horseback, prompting demonstrators to accuse them of the kind of police brutality that they had turned out to protest in the first place.—

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Driving the news: The Palestinian official new agency said Israeli forces used live fire and stun grenades to try to disperse the demonstration in Beita, near the city of Nablus. —

Barak Ravid, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024 Later in the evening, police threw stun grenades at protesters blocking the Ayalon highway in the city, according to video verified by CNN. —

Lauren Izso, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024 Police threw stun grenades and blasted water cannons at demonstrators and detained 29 of them. —

Orly Halpern / Jerusalem, TIME, 2 Sep. 2024 At least 27 people were killed and scores injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday, as police fired tear gas and lobbed stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of protesters calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. —

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