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Arms fair ejects company over ‘electro shock device’
Tear gas and baton rounds on display at the Condor stand at DSEI 2019, including the same type of canister (GL-203/L) linked to the death of Bahraini man Abdulaziz al-Saeed.
A BRAZILIAN tear gas company has been kicked out of a major arms fair in London after it was found to be marketing a banned “electro-shock device” at the event.
Condor, which manufactures “non-lethal technologies,” had its stand shut down at the Defence and Security International (DSEI) fair and its staff “ejected from the event with immediate effect,” according to a statement issued by the organisers on Friday.
The electro-shock device is “not permitted under UK law and is a breach of the event’s strict contractual terms and conditions,” organisers said.
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