Posted on 10/07/2005 6:54:25 AM PDT by Rakkasan1
Assailant beaten, may not make it
Former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received a bullet injury in his left arm on Thursday when a gunman opened fire on the dais from which he had just finished addressing an election rally at Nokha, about 25 km from Sasaram.
The assailant fired several shots from a country-made handgun at around 2 p.m. before he was overpowered by BJP workers. Eyewitnesses said the man was carrying a second pistol which he could not fire.
He was identified as Munna Rai, alias Halchal Rai, of Karahasi village under Nokha police station of Sasaram. Rohtas district magistrate Vivek Singh told agencies that Munna Rai, who was nearly beaten to death after the attack, was in coma and the chances of his survival were very remote.
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What is a country made handgun?
We used to use old car antennaes.
I'm guessing some tool shop, hillbilly zip gun.
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