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SWAT's grenade critically burns toddler

Rejected submission by gewg_ at 2014-05-31 00:09:16
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19-month-old Bounkham "Bou Bou" Phonesavanhs has a 50 percent chance of survival after a Cornelia, Georgia SWAT team threw a stun grenade into the playpen where he was sleeping. [ajc.com]
He has severe facial burns and extreme difficulty breathing.
His doctors have put him into a medically-induced coma.

The Phonesavanhs family of Wisconsin was visiting their relatives in Georgia.
The police were seeking to arrest Wanis Thometheva, 30, for a methamphetamine sale to a police informant. The suspect was not at the residence [heavy.com] at the time of the 3AM raid.

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