A bare-chested Russian policeman lies on his back on a pile of broken glass and nails. A colleague drops daggers, point down, on his stomach and tramples on his chest. Other cops smash flaming bricks with their bare fists, and break wood planks over each other.
Welcome to the OMON, which I believe is Russian for “Kids, Don’t Try This At Home.” If you get invited to join up, politely decline and then move to another country. That’s what I would do, because my policy is to preserve my stomach as a dagger-free zone.
These OMON guys are proving how tough they are, so potential troublemakers will know what they’re in for. “This is a warning. We want to show off what we can do,” an OMON colonel explains.
Right. A few more displays like this, and troublemakers may have no competition at all. James Kilner reports:
A Russian OMON serviceman drops a knife on the stomach of another serviceman laying on smashed bottles during a police show organised at the training base outside Moscow, May 10, 2007. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin
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:::gasp::: “Rupert! You were…” :::gasp::: “…supposed to use the…” :::groan::: “…TRICK knife!” :::grunt:::
Dead.
- Posted by KYou call that a knife?
- Posted by John C AbellMacho posturing: it’s not just for John Wayne any more.
- Posted by Charlenethis guy’s stomache is obviously protected by a thick hide of hair.
- Posted by stephen wThe word organized in photo caption is misspelled.
- Posted by Danaso is his back…
- Posted by matthewSign me up. Whaddya mean, the guy on the ground is a member too?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksUnfortunately, there’s still that whole, ‘crooks carry guns’ thing.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksPity the foolish OMON member who forgets his belly button.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksWhat doesn’t kill you only makes you stonger. On the sunny side, what does kill you leaves a spot for someone else to get promoted!
- Posted by Shawn HendricksSo, not an arm of the international MENSA society?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksA knife ?!?! Thats not tough. I’ll show ‘em tou…. OWIEE OWIEE OWIEE I just stubbed my finger on the keyboard. Man this hurts.
- Posted by ChemazaDana says:
The word organized in photo caption is misspelled.
No, Dana, it isn’t. The US isn’t the world. “Organised” is a perfectly good spelling in British English.
- Posted by CharleneHah! British ‘English.’ What an oxford moron.
- Posted by Shawn Hendrickshe’s gonna hurt in the morning
- Posted by rj