Deaths Due to Firearm Inflictions in Bahawalpur City – A Retrospective Study

Deaths Due to Firearm Inflictions in Bahawalpur City – A Retrospective Study

Authors

  • S M A ALI
  • S I H RIZVI
  • J AKHTER

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v6i1.1951

Keywords:

Firearms, autopsies, deaths Medicolegal.

Abstract

Firearms are the weapons responsible for increasing number of violent deaths in our society and such fatalities require thorough medico legal study. A retrospective study was conducted to elicit the firearm inflictions resulting in deaths of the persons in Bahawalpur. Total 214 autopsies were carried out in between the period of 01-01-97 to 13.12.1999 in which 76 cases were of firearm inflictions. 88.3% cases were of homicidal in nature, 6.9% of accidental and 4.6% of suicidal in nature. In most of the cases the regions involved were trunk and head.

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11/16/2017

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ALI, S. M. A., RIZVI, S. I. H., & AKHTER, J. (2017). Deaths Due to Firearm Inflictions in Bahawalpur City – A Retrospective Study. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v6i1.1951

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