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Iraqis Celebrate by Firing Guns Into the Air, Stray Bullet Hits British Officer
23 December 2007
Sky News (UK)
An RAF officer had a lucky escape despite being hit by a stray bullet during celebratory gunfire by a group of Iraqis.
Flight Lieutenant Neil Lawrenson was wearing body armour — but the round went into his upper arm.
However, it entered at such an angle that it left almost no damage and did not hit any bone or muscle.
If the bullet, which fell from the sky in Basra, had gone in at a different angle, the British airman could have lost his arm.
He was even more... (GunPolicy.org)