SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Pentagon spokesman has identified the type of weapon used to quell a disturbance early this year involving prisoners at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Army Lt. Col. Joseph Todd Breasseale said Thursday that a prison guard fired what is known as a "crowd-dispersal round" during the incident. The "M-103 non-lethal round" is fired from a modified shotgun and contains 18 rubber pellets, each about the size of a blueberry.
A prisoner was struck when a guard opened fire Jan. 2 after one inmate tried to climb a fence and others threw rocks at a guard tower. It was not known if the prisoner was hit directly or by ricochet. The military says there were no major injuries.
A prison spokesman earlier declined to identify the weapon.
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