Announcement
The foreign channels of the Telegram messenger distribute videos filmed during the days of mass riots that took place in the city of Nukus on July 1-2. In these videos, people point to spent shell casings found at the scene and claim that “these are shell casings from live ammunition that were used to kill civilians during peaceful protests.” However, there are no dead bodies in any of these videos.
We declare that these statements are false. At a media briefing, representatives of the National Guard gave an unequivocal answer about the use of live ammunition: they were not used. To disperse the crowd and suppress riots, special means were used - light, noise and smoke. Shots of cartridges filled with pyrotechnics are fired from a Kalashnikov assault rifle with a special 4-barrel attachment and a special carbine. To fire a shot, a cartridge is needed, and these are the so-called blank cartridges, that is, without a bullet, but containing gunpowder. This explains the fact that in places where special equipment was used against aggressive individuals in a large crowd, people find spent cartridges from blank cartridges.
However, we recall that the law provides for the grounds for the use of military weapons by the National Guard servicemen and employees of the internal affairs bodies.
In accordance with article 24 of the Law of "On Internal Affairs" and article 31 of the Law of "On the National Guard" in the performance of official duties, weapons are used when:
protection of citizens or themselves from an attack involving violence dangerous to life or health;
to prevent attempts to seize firearms, ammunition, explosives, vehicles, special and military equipment;
when detaining a person caught at the moment of committing a particularly serious crime and trying to hide, or providing armed resistance;
repelling a group or armed attack on the dwellings of citizens, protected objects and the military man or employee himself, and in other cases stipulated by the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the National Guard” and “On Internal Affairs”.
