Editing Non-lethal weapon (section)

==Explosives==
[[Hand grenade]]s come in several less-lethal varieties, such as [[Stun grenade|"flashbang" (stun) grenades]], [[Blast ball|"sting" grenades]] with rubber [[Shrapnel (fragment)|shrapnel]], and grenades designed to release chemical irritants (described below).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stinger® CS Rubber Ball Grenade |url=https://www.defense-technology.com/product/stinger-cs-rubber-ball-grenade/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Defense Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1972, stun grenades were used to capture the hijacked [[Sabena Flight 571]], allowing the Israeli forces headed by [[Ehud Barak]] and including [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] to storm the plane and take it over within 10 minutes while capturing two terrorists and killing Ali Taha, the leader of the terrorist group and his aide, while rescuing all passengers (three were wounded, and one died of her injuries several days later).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |date=2015-11-11 |title=Four hijackers and three Israeli PMs: the incredible story of Sabena flight 571 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/11/sabena-flight-571-hijack-plane-black-september-film |access-date=2023-12-30 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

A stun grenade was apparently used by members of the [[IHH (Turkish NGO)|IHH]] against the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] soldiers during the [[Gaza flotilla raid]] at the beginning of the IDF storming of the [[Mavi Marmara]].<ref name="Christian Science Monitor">{{cite news|title=Global News Blog|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0602/Israel-releases-new-videos-of-Gaza-flotilla-raid|access-date=May 19, 2012|newspaper=Christian Science Monitor|date=June 2, 2010}}</ref>

In June 2010, in Kenya, a stun grenade was used to draw attention, and then a real grenade along with an explosive package were used, killing many people. In April, during the [[2010 Kyrgyzstani uprising]], police attempted to use stun grenades to stop a demonstration but the crowd overwhelmed the police.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} In March stun grenades were used by Belarusian police in [[Minsk]] against demonstrators, and in September they were used by Greek police in [[Athens]].{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} In these latter two cases, the demonstrations were dispersed with no injuries.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

In February 2011, stun grenades were seen used by Egyptian police against rioters.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}