Cricket match suspended and crowd evacuated after crossbow bolt lands on field

[Wiggles]

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[QUOTE][B]A County Championship game was abandoned after an arrow fired from outside the ground landed on the field.[/B]

Spectators watching Surrey's match with Middlesex were asked to take cover and the players taken off after the crossbow bolt was shot into The Oval.

Armed police carried out a "controlled evacuation" of the ground after the incident was reported at 16:35 BST.

A Met Police statement said the incident "is not being treated as terrorism-related".

No-one was injured, while the force added that there have been no arrests and enquiries continue.

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"I can't stress enough what a dangerous weapon this arrow was - 18 inches long with a long metal tip. It could so easily have hurt someone and it landed eight yards from about five players."[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41103549[/url]

You've got to be pretty fucked up to be firing a crossbow in a built up area, indiscriminately or otherwise.

[Archival]

Theres a park a block away from this place, someone probably did the old "what happens when I fire super high" thing basically any child does the first time they get to fire a bow

[gk99]

[QUOTE=archival;52634773]Theres a park a block away from this place, someone probably did the old "what happens when I fire super high" thing basically any child does the first time they get to fire a bow[/QUOTE]

I don't know about the law in Britain, but I know firing stuff upwards is illegal here for this very type of circumstance. If I ever give my child any type of ranged weapon, toy or not, rule #2 I'm drilling into their head is "don't fire it upwards," with #1 being the classic "don't aim it at anyone."

[Doozle]

[QUOTE=gk99;52634836]I don't know about the law in Britain, but I know firing stuff upwards is illegal here for this very type of circumstance. If I ever give my child any type of ranged weapon, toy or not, rule #2 I'm drilling into their head is "don't fire it upwards," with #1 being the classic "don't aim it at anyone."[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure if crossbows fall under firearms, but if you're shooting and your projectiles leave the boundary of where you have permission to shoot, you're committing a firearms offense

Edit: I looked it up, there's basically no laws for crossbows other than don't sell em to kids, don't hunt with it and don't be a dick with it

[DiscoInferno]

The French are after revenge! Agincourt round 2, crossbows vs longbows

[proboardslol]

I hope we will discover over the next few days who was behind this senseless and barbaric terrorist attack

[Elspin]

[QUOTE=proboardslol;52637335]I hope we will discover over the next few days who was behind this senseless and barbaric terrorist attack[/QUOTE]

I know in a world of guns crossbows probably seem dated and lame but a crossbow bolt of that size could be a similar weight to a very high calibre bullet and it's sharpened.