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Director of Taser firm found dead
LONDON– The director of operations of the firm which supplied the Tasers used during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat has died in a suspected suicide, his firm said last night.
Peter Boatman was found dead yesterday morning and is understood to have killed himself, Pro-Tect Systems said.
Earlier this week, Britain’s Home Office revoked Pro-Tect’s licence to import and sell Tasers after the firm breached its terms by supplying X12 Tasers directly to police involved in the Moat manhunt.
Moat died as the result of a gunshot wound on July 10th. – (PA)
Iraq violence falls in September
BAGHDAD– The number of civilians, police and soldiers killed by violence in Iraq dropped sharply in September from the month before, government data showed yesterday.
Bombings and others attacks killed 185 civilians last month compared with 295 in August, according to health ministry statistics.
Thirty-three soldiers and 55 police officers were killed, according to statistics from the defence and interior ministries, compared to 54 and 77, respectively, in August.
The ministries said 284 civilians, 90 police officers and 111 soldiers were wounded. – (Reuters)