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'Baton rounds' fired in arrest Round fired as pensioner arrested
(about 4 hours later)
Police have fired a type of baton round during an incident at a house in east Belfast. Police have fired a type of baton round at a 75-year-old man who was armed with what appeared to be a revolver at a house in east Belfast.
A man in his 70s was arrested following the incident in the Ballybeen area of Dundonald at 0200 GMT on Sunday. The man was struck by two rounds during the incident in the Ballybeen area of Dundonald at about 0200 GMT on Sunday.
A police spokesman said officers responded to reports that the man was in distress. They were treating the call-out as "a firearms incident". He had called police in an agitated state, telling them he was armed.
He said AEP rounds were "an appropriate and proportionate tactical option, to bring the matter to a safe conclusion". The pensioner is believed to have sustained relatively minor injuries. After being discharged from hospital, he was rearrested by police.
The police ombudsman's office has begun an investigation. Forensics tests have been carried out at the scene at Enler Park Central, and investigators from the Police Ombudsman's office have been conducting house-to-house enquiries.
The man was taken to hospital, but has since been discharged back into police custody. Tests
Attenuating energy projectile (AEP) rounds were introduced in 2005 as a safer alternative to old-style baton rounds. A firearm or replica weapon has been sent for tests, and the Police Ombudsman has appealed for information.
They are used "to dissuade or prevent a potentially violent person from their intended course of action and thereby neutralise the threat", according to official guidelines. A PSNI spokesman said officers were treating the call-out as "a firearms incident".
The impact rounds fired were attenuated energy projectiles (AEPs), introduced in 2005 as a safer alternative to old-style baton rounds.
The police spokesman said AEPs were used in the incident as "an appropriate and proportionate tactical option to bring the matter to a safe conclusion".
According to official guidelines, AEP rounds are used "to dissuade or prevent a potentially violent person from their intended course of action and thereby neutralise the threat".