@article{ref1,
title="Self-inflicted fatal shotgun wound from a homemade weapon",
journal="Legal medicine (Elsevier)",
year="2014",
author="Tsuboi, Akio and Satoh, Fumiko and Seto, Yoshihisa and Osawa, Motoki",
volume="16",
number="2",
pages="81-83",
abstract="A case of suicide, a male shot in the abdomen using a homemade weapon, is described herein. Postmortem examination revealed bleeding into the thoracic and abdominal cavities, a collapsed liver and other organs with numerous pellets. The contact-shot wound was not noticed during the initial investigation at the scene, but it was elucidated during autopsy. A simple launcher had been assembled from pipes of a clothes rack frame made for home use. The deceased had once owned a shotgun, but his firearm license had been relinquished 5 years prior. A shotgun shell that he had kept was used. Presumably, the injuries from the homemade weapon were not noticed initially because of strict gun control rules in Japan.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1344-6223",
doi="10.1016/j.legalmed.2013.11.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2013.11.006"
}