A military and police trade fair outside Paris shut down a contentious stand Wednesday after human rights group Amnesty International said its staff has found torture equipment for sale in violation of European Union laws. Muriel Kafantaris, director of the Milipol trade fair, said in an email to The Associated Press that the fair's organizers decided to "close the stand involved immediately" after Amnesty reported on illegal items being displayed. Amnesty said researchers found equipment including "spiked batons, spiked electric shock riot forks, electric shock vests and heavy leg irons for sale by Chinese companies." The rights group said the "gruesome illegal torture equipment" was on sale at the trade fair taking place this week in Villepinte, outside Paris. The 2017 fair, which was inaugurated Tuesday by French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, is an official event organized in partnership with the French police and Interpol.

Source: ABC News November 22, 2017 14:15 UTC