hand grenade

Footage uploaded on social media showed protesters smashing shop windows in Seattle and crowds scattering as police clad in riot gear threw in "flashbang" grenades.

"The next minute we're in a full-blown (riot), chains are being hit against police, flashbangs (grenades) are going off at my feet, rocks and paving stones being broken up and hurled at the Rada (the Ukrainian government building) and I'm going, 'Hang on, I haven't even had my breakfast yet!' "That's the excitement and exhilaration of doing a programme like this.

"The next minute we're in a fullblown [riot], chains are being hit against police, flashbangs [grenades] are going off at my feet, rocks and paving stones being broken up and hurled at the Rada [the Ukrainian government building] and I'm going, 'Hang on, I haven't even had my breakfast yet!' Born in Essex and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, Kemp has moved on from his Mitchell days to earn a stellar reputation as an investigative journalist.

"The next minute we're in a full-blown riot, chains are being hit against police, flashbangs [grenades] are going off at my feet, rocks and paving stones being broken up and hurled at the Rada [the Ukrainian government building] and I'm going, 'Hang on, I haven't even had my breakfast yet!' "That's the excitement and exhilaration of doing a programme like this.

"The next " minute we're in a fullblown [riot], chains are being hit against police, flashbangs [grenades] are going off at my feet, rocks and paving stones being broken up and hurled at the Rada [the Ukrainian government building] and I'm going, 'Hang on, I haven't even had my breakfast yet!' Born in Essex and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, Kemp has moved on from his Mitchell days to earn a stellar reputation as an investigative journalist.

Known as "flashbangs" and designed to confuse the target, they produce blinding light and a deafening blast.