caa a22 4500 475787307 CHVBK 20180406123702.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004140000145 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004140000145 Death caused by a letter bomb [Elektronische Daten] [M. A. Rothschild, H. Maxeiner] A 48-year-old man was killed by the explosion of a letter bomb after receiving severe injuries to his face and left hand. The autopsy ascertained that the right eye and orbit had been completely destroyed by a large piece of metal from a tin can that had entered the cranial cavity through the right eye and caused fatal brain damage. The victim had also sustained a severe injury to his left hand. Reconstruction of the metal and plastic fragments showed that the victim had received a padded envelope with a video cassette in which a simple explosive device was hidden in a flat tin. The explosive charge consisted of a mixture (ca. 60 g) of sodium chlorate, sodium chloride and sucrose. The charge was detonated by a nylon cord attached to the inside of the envelope which was stretched when the video cassette was pulled out of the envelope. This removed a piece of plastic from between two contacts, and the explosion was set off immediately by a battery which activated two flash bulbs placed within the charge. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Letter bomb nationallicence Explosion injuries nationallicence Assassination nationallicence Rothschild M. A. Institute of Legal Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Hittorfstrasse 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany e-mail: rothschild@medizin.fu-berlin.de; Tel.: +49-30-84451303; Fax: +49-30-84451353, DE aut Maxeiner H. Institute of Legal Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Hittorfstrasse 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany e-mail: rothschild@medizin.fu-berlin.de; Tel.: +49-30-84451303; Fax: +49-30-84451353, DE aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140000145 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140000145 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rothschild M. A. Institute of Legal Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Hittorfstrasse 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany e-mail: rothschild@medizin.fu-berlin.de; Tel.: +49-30-84451303; Fax: +49-30-84451353, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maxeiner H. Institute of Legal Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Hittorfstrasse 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany e-mail: rothschild@medizin.fu-berlin.de; Tel.: +49-30-84451303; Fax: +49-30-84451353, DE aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer