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Round fired as pensioner arrested Baton rounds fired at 75-year-old
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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 75-year-old man has been shot twice by police baton rounds in east Belfast.
The man was struck by two rounds during the incident in the Ballybeen area of Dundonald at about 0200 GMT on Sunday. The pensioner was armed with what appeared to be a revolver in the incident in the Ballybeen area of Dundonald at about 0200 GMT on Sunday.
He had called police in an agitated state, telling them he was armed. He had called police in an agitated state, telling them he was armed. After being discharged from hospital, he was arrested and is being held in custody.
The pensioner is believed to have sustained relatively minor injuries. After being discharged from hospital, he was rearrested by police.
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.
Tests
A firearm or replica weapon has been sent for tests, and the Police Ombudsman has appealed for information.A firearm or replica weapon has been sent for tests, and the Police Ombudsman has appealed for information.
A PSNI spokesman said officers were treating the call-out as "a firearms incident". 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 impact rounds fired were attenuated energy projectiles (AEPs), introduced in 2005 as a safer alternative to old-style baton rounds. A PSNI spokesman said officers had treated the call-out as "a firearms incident".
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". The police's recently-formed Armed Response Vehicle Unit was deployed to the scene.
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". It was the first time that a firearm was discharged by the unit since its formation last month.