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  • Title: [Fatal stun gun injury using a modified animal sedation gun].
    Author: Fieguth A, Günther D, Schroeder G, Tröger HD.
    Journal: Arch Kriminol; 2002; 210(1-2):39-44. PubMed ID: 12365333.
    Abstract:
    A 54-year-old butcher attempted to commit suicide with a manipulated "humane killer". He removed the recoil spring, the rubber bush and also the screw forming the muzzle end, which to our knowledge has never been described in a case report before. Due to this manipulation the entire bolt left the weapon, as a free projectile, penetrated the forehead and lodged inside the skull, from where it could not be removed neurosurgically. The patient died from the consequences of the severe cerebral injury 3 days later.
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