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  • When you put it in light, you actually see the holes, those little birdshots that actually go through.

    CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2006 2006

  • Thousands of students and Nehawu workers took to the streets again today at Medunsa. 2 students are reported to have been wounded when police fired birdshots at the demonstrators.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

  • "These attacks violate the principle of medical neutrality and are grave breaches of international law," the report said, adding that "high-velocity weapons and shotguns" have been used to fire birdshots, rubber bullets and tear gas at unarmed civilians.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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