SUICIDE BY SHARP INSTRUMENTS - A CASE OF HARAKIRI

Authors
MORIANI S CECCHI R CIPOLLONI L
Citation
S. Moriani et al., SUICIDE BY SHARP INSTRUMENTS - A CASE OF HARAKIRI, International journal of legal medicine, 108(4), 1996, pp. 219-220
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
International journal of legal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09379827
Volume
108
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
219 - 220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0937-9827(1996)108:4<219:SBSI-A>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A case of suicide by harakiri is described. The position of the subjec t, the absence of the shirt and the abdominal L-shaped cut agreed well with the formal procedure of harakiri. The characteristics of the sta b wounds present on the right-hand side of the neck confirmed the assu mption of self-infliction and excluded, from a legal point of view, mu rder by consent.