Citation

Zribi M, Ben Amar W, Bardaa S, Hammami Z, Maatoug S. Egypt. J. Forensic Sci. 2015; 5(3): 126-128.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Forensic Medicine Authority of Egypt, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ejfs.2014.08.002

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Suicide by power saws (bland, chain, circular or router saw) is an extreme exception. A few case reports are published in the forensic literature. We report the case of a 30-year-old carpenter found dead lying on the floor next to a router saw in his carpenter workshop, with two gaping and deep wounds in his head. We summarize the findings of the death scene examination, the forensic autopsy, and the world literature concerning suicide committed with power saws.

Language: en