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| A "riot" during record heat on Christmas Day in western Australia was quelled by spray from firehoses and police armed with water balloons. |
Heat waves can bring out the beast in people. Seems like there's often civil unrest during hot spells.
So it was in Karattha.
It had all the hallmarks of those riots we see on the news. A firetruck blasting crowds with water cannons. Residents hurling objects at police, who cowered behind riot shields while counterattacking with thrown objects of their own.
In this case, fortunately, the water cannons were gentle, the objects thrown by the "rioters" were water balloons, and the police were not firing rubber bullets. They had their own stash of water balloons.
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