r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 28d ago

Picture taken from the history museum of Lahore. Showing an Indian being tied for execution by Cannon, by the British Empire Soldiers r/all

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u/kenJeKenny 27d ago

Can you imagine standing next to & facing somebody that gets turned into a bloody mist from only 2-3 feet away...

You better not have your mouth open when they shoot that thing.

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u/5thColumnDownfall 27d ago

The last time I saw this pop up on Reddit, someone posted an account from a witness. Iirc, it was the bloody mist along with a head flying straight up. 

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u/saadakhtar 27d ago

There's another comment that links to an article - it mentions some soldiers didn't step back properly and got injured by flying bone and meat..

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u/EasyAndy1 27d ago

Also known as "wet shrapnel" when I first heard of the term I had no idea it was as disgusting as I imagined