CLUB GAS ATTACK TERROR.Dancers fled in terror yesterday after a gas canister attack in a night club. Three men and two women were taken to hospital after the incident. They were treated for eye injuries. Stewards at the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. in Glasgow were breaking up a fight in the club's foyer when the gas was sprayed at three men. The powerful stinging fumes fumes odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. - possibly CS gas - spread into the main hall and stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. customers were evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. . The women, who were worst affected, were rushed by ambulance to the Southern General, while the men went by car. All five were released from hospital after treatment. Detectives are studying video footage from the club in a bid to identify the culprits. One theory is that a customer may have had a gas spray in a bag and used it when the fight broke out. Detective Inspector Tom Cunningham Thomas "Tom" Cunningham (born 31 December 1999) is a fictional character in the long-running British Channel 4 television soap opera Hollyoaks. He is played by child actor Ellis Hollins. said: "A fight broke out in the foyer while three men were being ejected. "Someone produced the canister and sprayed it towards the men." Customers were allowed back into the club once the fumes had cleared. The Grand Ole Opry country and western club in Paisley Road is popular with cowboy fans, who dress up and take part in mock gun fights. Many customers were in cowboy outfits at the time of the incident. The club featured in a recent Taggart TV series. |
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