Military practice

It's usually Americans at war who are noted for "friendly fire" ie shooting/killing their own or their allies. But the French can also now share that distinction. A military shooting demonstration in France has left 16 people wounded after one of the team loaded his weapon with live ammunition rather than blanks. But it's not the only military display to have gone wrong recently. According to BBC News an elderly spectator provided a soft landing to a member of the RAF Falling Rocks parachute team in Teignmouth on Sunday during a National Veterans' Day event. The spectator is believed to have escaped with minor cuts and bruises.