being trampled. and now the police are announcing an international investigation into the 18 officers equipped with tear gas at the match trying to figure out why they took such drastic action to contain fights after the game. reporter: in istanbul, thousands of young iranians, university students, took part in profests across the country over the weekend, across campus and on the streets in the capital of tehran at one of the most prestigious universities in the country. a violent crackdown by authorities, according to video emerged and the university s newspaper and an eyewitness we spoke to. they say security forces shot metal pellets at protesters. we re looking at possible casualty figures and there s concern about students who may have been detained. we spoke to one protester in
authorities on protesters at a university in tehran, this is one of the country s most prestigious universities, and we ve been trying to piece together what happened because communications in iran are very difficult right now. the government is restricting the internet so it s hard for us to reach people on the ground and it s very difficult for them to get information to the world. so as we have gbegun to piece this together according to the university s newspaper and an eyewitness that we have just spoken to, it appears this was the brutal force that was unleashed to try to crush the protests taking place at the university as you mentioned there, they were saying that the security forces opened fire using metal pellets, yes they re less lethal but still live rounds, they were using batons to beat the protesters,
verified by cnn, and according to an eyewitness we spoke to, they really paint a picture of this brutal force that was unleashed by the security forces to try and crush these protests. they fired paintballs with metal pellets, they beat up students with batons. this young protester who we spoke to, he described it as a war zone, saying blood everywhere. we don t really know how many people were hurt and how many were detained, wolf. thank you very, very much. and to our viewers, thanks for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now. ukraine making major gains as putin s army falls apart. new recruits sent to the front lines already with little to no training. soldiers told to use tampons to treat wounds. plus, the death toll rising. at least 100 dead in the wake of
i mean, i ve done stories on those projectiles, and they can blind you if they hit you in the eye. they are plastic projectiles, but they re full of metal pellets, so they do hurt. the crowd is going back. there are some okay. there are some people who are staying. and they are standing up to the police. as the standoff goes on a woman just told me it was a peaceful protest until the police showed up. the police are trying to take some control. these protesters blocked this intersection, took it over. and there s a standoff right now. as i said, the police did fire projectiles into the crowd. they did fire off some tear gas. but this was quite windy out
armed forces personnel been prosecuted for alleged human rights for several times how many come in and i don t have a number. the fact is that according to you and no singleton he was not one prosecution of armed forces personnel was granted by sitting indian court in a civilian court so in the world is meant to believe that without exception over 3 decades every single member of the security forces behaved like angels no i think you are being blindingly oblivious or deliberately trying to obfuscate that the armed forces special provision act is in in force in jammu and kashmir and that is because of a war like situation which is why military courts deal with such allegations and you must recognize this is the 3rd time i am pointing out that this is not something that is unilaterally decided by an individual or by an unaccountable government and it has been removed in states where the situation has improved it will in future be removed in germany what about the use of metal pellets in