CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INJURIES INFLICTED DURING THE NATO BOMBING OF THE CIVILIAN OBJECT IN SURDULICA

Abstract

The paper presents 9 autopsy cases of the corpses of the civilians killed duringthe NATO bombing of Surdulica on April, 27,1999. In all the autopsied cases therewere high-degree injuries as a consequence of the air blast mostly manifested in theform of the so-called solid blast and only partly as a consequences of the air blasts.The classic identification parameters (hairiness, hair and length of the femur fordetermining the body length) provided for accurate identification of all the ninepersons.

Keywords

• Solid blast
• air blast
• identification
• NATO