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bananas

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Mon Jul 29, 2013, 06:53 PM Jul 2013

2 officers at nuclear weapons plant slightly hurt

Source: AP

Two security police officers at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant have been slightly injured when a firearm discharged.

A federal spokesman told the Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/12XtfTi ) both officers were released after treatment at the Oak Ridge Methodist Medical Center. Steven Wyatt of the National Nuclear Security Administration described their injuries as minor.

The incident overnight Saturday was described as the accidental discharge of a firearm. No details were available and the officers' names were not released.

The Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge is operated by the U.S. Department of Energy. Every weapon in the U.S. nuclear stockpile has components manufactured, maintained or ultimately dismantled by Y-12.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/article/2-offers-at-nuclear-weapons-plant-slightly-hurt-4693045.php



The incompetence continues at Y-12 security.
How did two officers get hurt?
Did the bullet ricochet?
Or was it an automatic weapon that fired multiple rounds?
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2 officers at nuclear weapons plant slightly hurt (Original Post) bananas Jul 2013 OP
Might have gone through the user's hand, and into the second person. AtheistCrusader Jul 2013 #1

AtheistCrusader

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1. Might have gone through the user's hand, and into the second person.
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 07:19 PM
Jul 2013

Or one might have jumped and been injured hitting something in response... Lots of possibilities. Ricochet or fragments is a possibility too.

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