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  "path": "/2026/05/23/mayor-uses-taser-adviser-see-works-28491032/",
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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nMost of us don’t expect to be Tasered while at work, thankfully.\n\nBut that is what happened to the unlucky adviser working for the mayor of the Peruvian town, Surco.\n\nIt has landed the mayor, Carlos Bruce, in hot water after a clip of him using the stun gun spread online.\n\nFootage shows Arturo Bobbio, the mayor’s adviser and municipal manager, standing up a few feet from Bruce, who holds the yellow self-defence weapon.\n\nThe adviser was floored after being hit with thousands of volts from the stun gun (Picture: TV Perú Noticias)\n\nBobbio appears to be aware of what is coming up as he braces for the impact of the electrical current normally used to subdue criminals and suspects.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nHe squeezes his fists and another man supports him while Bruce grips the device with both hands before the volts hit the adviser from behind.\n\nThe pulse from the stun gun makes him convulse as his body receives thousands of volts.\n\nHe moves uncontrollably before his feet appear to give in as he falls onto the floor while being supported by his colleague.\n\nMayor Bruce said the edited clip was taken out of context of a situation that occurred in a private setting, according to TV Peru Noticias.\n\nHe claimed that Bobbio’s participation was voluntary and that there was no real risk to him.\n\nOnline commentators compared the bizarre exercise to a scene from the hit American 2000s movie franchise _Jackass_ featuring wild pranks and stunts by Johnny Knoxville and his crew.\n\nAnother one joked that it looked like a Peruvian version of The Office TV series.\n\nIt comes after the Surco municipality is said to have purchased stun guns for its security personnel.\n\nStun guns can typically eject between 2,000 and 50,000 volts.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Mayor uses Taser against own adviser to see if it works"
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