Taser Shock Triggers Fire in Man's Pants'
A Hamilton man Tasered by police is in hospital after the stun gun ignited a 'flammable object' in his pants, burning him.The incident is under review by Ontario's Special Investigations Unit, which probes all police-related deaths and serious injuries. According to the SIU, police were called to a Queenston Road apartment in Hamilton's east end around 9 p.m. Thursday.'Three officers went there in response to a disturbance call,' said SIU spokesman Frank Phillips yesterday. 'During the interaction, an officer discharged his Taser. A flammable object the man had in the waistband of his pants ignited.'The man, 31, was burned on his hand and thigh. He was taken to Hamilton General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries."
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But what was the officer's intent with the tasering?
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