Byard Roger W
Forensic Science SA, Discipline of Anatomy and Pathology, The University of Adelaide, Australia.
Med Sci Law. 2018 Jul;58(3):156-158. doi: 10.1177/0025802418767797. Epub 2018 Apr 22.
A study was undertaken to investigate the range and nature of deaths that may result from explosions in a civilian population that has not been exposed to terrorist attacks or significant military activities. A search was conducted of autopsy files at Forensic Science SA, Adelaide, Australia, from July 2000 to June 2017 for all cases where death had been attributed to an explosion. Twenty cases were identified, consisting of 10 accidents, five suicides, two homicides, one murder-suicide with two decedents and one case where the manner of death was undetermined. Explosives were involved in nine deaths, petrol in seven and propane/butane/natural gas in a further four. Deaths caused by explosions were a rare event, with most cases being caused by accidents in a domestic or industrial environment. Although suicides formed the next most-common group, it is possible that explosions caused by petrol in cases of self-immolation were not intended.
开展了一项研究，以调查在未遭受恐怖袭击或重大军事活动的平民人口中，爆炸可能导致的死亡范围和性质。对澳大利亚阿德莱德南澳大利亚法医科学局2000年7月至2017年6月期间的尸检档案进行了检索，查找所有死亡原因归因于爆炸的案例。共识别出20例，包括10起事故、5起自杀、2起他杀、1起涉及两名死者的谋杀自杀以及1起死亡方式无法确定的案例。9例死亡涉及爆炸物，7例涉及汽油，另有4例涉及丙烷/丁烷/天然气。爆炸导致的死亡是罕见事件，大多数案例是由家庭或工业环境中的事故引起的。尽管自杀是第二常见的类别，但自焚案件中由汽油引发的爆炸有可能并非蓄意。
