Fracture of the humerus caused by a slingshot projectile.

Chin J Traumatol

Department of orthopaedics, Government Hospital for Bone and Joint Surgery, Barzullah, Srinagar 190005, India.

Published: April 2016

Unconventional and 'non-lethal' weapons are being used in crowd control regularly nowadays. The use of these arms is not risk-free. The paramilitary forces in 2010 used the old fashioned slingshots for crowd control in Kashmir. A young male suffered from a fracture of the distal humerus due to a marble from a slingshot. He was managed by debridement and plaster splintage. Use of apparently innocuous weapons for crowd control is not without risk, as the projectiles fired from them can achieve high velocities and cause significant damage.

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