The Infer Trust makes every effort to record and categorise the firearms incidents reported in the UK but we recognise that it is not a complete record.
If you are aware of a gun incident which is not listed please notify us. You can do this by either sending us the link for an on line report, or a hard copy of a press article to our address.
Bolton News, 10 April 2008
A gasman fled from a house in Horwich when the homeowner came downstairs wielding what appeared to be a gun. The gasman had been trying to change the meter because the householder had been served with a disconnection warrant. Police raided the house to find the suspect no longer there.
2008/4/10
BBC
BBC, 10 April 2008
Nasir Ahmed took part in an attack on a man at a house in Shotts, Lanarkshire, whilst armed with a replica gun. He and another man ran off but were chased in their car by the occupant of the house who rammed their vehicle. Ahmed together with Azeem Sarwaar was involved in another violent raid on a home in Cambuslang in July 2007 in which they stole £50000. Sarwaar also tried to rob a postman in Lanarkshire in September 2007 when he too used a replica gun which he pointed at his victim and demanded keys to the vehicle. Sarwaar was jailed for a total of 11 years and 11 months, and Ahmed for eight years and eight months.
2008/4/10
This is Total Essex
Window broken by air rifle in Bocking
2008/4/10
This is Total Essex
Window broken by air rifle in Bocking
2008/4/10
BBC
Armed teenagers rob betting shop in Cleethorpes Humberside.
2008/4/10
BBC
Man arrested on suspicious of firearms offence in Wigston Leicestershire.
2008/4/9
Lancashire Telegraph
Air rifle thugs shoot rare birds at nature reserve and put visitors at risk.
2008/4/9
News Shopper
Cat blinded in one eye after air rifle attack
2008/4/9
Chad (Mansfield)
Cat suffers multiple fractures in air rifle attack
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