27 One of the victims claims he was shot in the spine with a projectile electric shock weapon when he tried to run away, saying that it felt like an electric shock, adding that his legs were paralysed for a few minutes and that he fell. He was handcuffed behind his back and repeatedly hit and kicked in the ribs and the head and put into a patrol car. The state pathologists’ report described marks found on the spine of the person in question as “a cut of 0.9cm with bruising and circles of redness under the cut that was caused by the sharp instrument”. An image of this injury published online is visually consistent with the kind of marks associated with barbed darts fired by electric shock projectile weapons. There have been reports of projectile electric shock weapons being used during assemblies in 2015 in another OSCE participating State. Police officers reportedly used their Taser electric shock weapons against peaceful protesters, who were standing on the pavement as the protest came to an end. Video and audio footage of the incident appears to show one of the protesters repeatedly crying out in pain while police continued to subject her to electric shocks, even after she fell to the ground.