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Porous Border Saw Use of Foreign Firearms During Armed Violence in Fiji
27 June 2011
Radio Fiji
The porous nature of Fiji's borders saw the use of foreign firearms in past coups says Fiji Ministry of Defence senior officer Joji Washington.
Washington made the comments at the Asia Pacific Consultation on Arms Trade Treaty held in in Bali, Indonesia earlier this month.
He told the Forum Fiji has been subjected to several coups where conventional weapons were used and resulted in bloodshed.
Washington says authorities have confirmed that some of these arms were of... (GunPolicy.org)