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see Punjab Lasso in Wikipedia: The Punjab lasso is a type of weapon referred to in Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera. It is described as a noose but employed like a garotte to strangle victims. ... the only way to escape it is to keep one's hand raised to eye level, thus preventing the loop from closing ...."

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