More than half a million people have signed an online petition calling for an independent investigation into whether security forces in Serbia used a sonic weapon – what the petition described as a “sound cannon” – during Saturday’s huge anti-corruption rally.
Days after as many as 325,000 people took to the streets of Belgrade, rights groups and opposition parties continue to allege that protesters were targeted with some sort of auditory device that briefly sowed panic and left some with symptoms that lingered long after the rally.
Serbian politicians and police have denied the allegations. Earlier this week, the country’s increasingly autocratic president, Aleksandar Vučić, described the claim as a “wicked lie” that was aimed at “destroying Serbia”.
Watch the videos of this, it’s wild. Especially as the protest was absolutely calm at that point. Can see it move through the crowd.
This is super old technology. I remember reading about it decades ago. I have no idea why the Grauniad insists on writing about it like it’s a ghost sighting.
‘Some sort of device’, quotes around “sound cannon”, other examples. This is like
Witnesses described ‘some sort of smoke device’ that created apparent eye irritation - what the petition called a “tear gas grenade”
It’s because it’s not really used that often afaik
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