Vol. 5 (02) pp. 2644-2652 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3469

EXTRAOCULAR INJURIES CAUSED BY PELLET GUNS. DOES IT SEAL THE LESS LETHAL DEBATE? THE KASHMIR EXPERIENCE.

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  • Lecturer, DEPTT OF GENERAL SURGERY, Skims Medical College Srinagar.
  • Surgeon specialist deptt of health Kashmir,
  • Deptt of orthopedics skims medical college Srinagar
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Abstract

The search for a non-lethal method of crowd control goes on. A lot of literature in recent years has pointed to the fact that projectile based munitions should be reclassified as lethal weapons while quoting supporting facts and figures of mortality and morbidity caused by these weapons. In recent times, a new method of crowd control in the form of a pellet gun has been used by the authorities in Kashmir. The wide range and severity of injuries to extra ocular tissues caused by the pellets from this gun further buttresses the argument that projectile based munitions in all forms inflict severe injuries to all tissues. It is also important in the present day for all surgeons to be well versed with the challenges concerning the management of these injuries. The surgical skills need to be sharpened while continuing to send out a call for milder methods of crowd control.

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Zahida Akhter, Showkat Majeed Kakroo and Shabir Ahmed Dhar. (2017); EXTRAOCULAR INJURIES CAUSED BY PELLET GUNS. DOES IT SEAL THE LESS LETHAL DEBATE? THE KASHMIR EXPERIENCE., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 5 (02), 2644-2652, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3469

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dr zahida akhter
lecturer skims medicl college srinagar
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