Police test laser which can ‘temporarily blind’ rioters

A LASER gun which fires a blinding wall of light capable of stopping rioters in their tracks is to be trialled by police.
The Home Office says traditional methods of crowd control, including CS gas and Tasers, leave a ‘capability gap’ because of their short range, and the use of lasers ‘has merit.’
It has now said a police force, so far unidentified, will run a pilot scheme for the laser technology.
Similar laser weapons have been used in Iraq and Afghanistan to

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