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The use of so-called less-lethal projectile launchers and other weapons designed to subdue rather than kill has come under renewed scrutiny after police turned to them often during recent protests against federal immigration enforcement.

Blair said the police-fired projectiles ended up “hitting students and faculty, leaving them bruised and with burning eyes.”

It's not the first time Russian projectiles have landed in Poland, but previous episodes were close to the border and seemingly accidental.

The site has been raided at least four times; the last time agents used non-lethal projectiles and tear gas, advocates said.

"Various Second World War-era unexploded ordnance items were discovered as a result of the wildfires, which the EOD operator declared to be inert practice projectiles. They were retrieved for subsequent disposal," he explained.