@article{ref1,
title="Death caused by a letter bomb",
journal="International journal of legal medicine",
year="2000",
author="Rothschild, Markus Alexander and Maxeiner, H.",
volume="114",
number="1-2",
pages="103-106",
abstract="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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0937-9827",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}