What is a "warning bolt"?

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Hello, -------------------The great Mahla is on fire currently, all the road to the greatest city in the middle East for the textile industries are blocked and closed even the trains going there are shifted to other cities in North Delta. We began to receive news at about 6 PM that Mahla on fire technically, some one sent an email including the photos in the slide show below described the city as Egyptian Gaza. The forces used warning blots and tear gases, along with sticks, people were badly injured. [...]-------------------What are "warning blots"?Or it is a typo for "bolts"?How does it look like?Regards

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

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I can think only of 'warning shots' as a reasonable interpretation.
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Exodejavu · Answer

Thank you.
So, I assume that the phrase is the writer's coinage...?

Tim New · Answer

The person writing is not fluent in English, so it is difficult to interpret.  It may be a "warning shot" as suggested, or it may be a reference to the riot control bullets now used which are made of rubber.  I have no idea what the official term for those bullets are.  It is also possible (maybe probable) they are referring to bolts such as would be used by Tasers and stun guns.  Instead of bullets they shoot electric bolts.

Exodejavu · Answer

Thanks again, but ...

Tim New [...] It is also possible (maybe probable) they are referring to bolts such as would be used by Tasers and stun guns. Instead of bullets they shoot electric bolts.

In the quoted passage, it is "blots" not "bolts."

Hmmm...??

Tim New · Answer

I am an awful typist so I am never surprised when others also make typing errors.  bolts blots  Transposing letters is the most common of typing errors.  The one finger hits the "l" key slightly faster than the other hits the "o" key which should have been struck first and you get blot rather than the intended bolt

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