Duflou J A, Lamont D L, Knobel G J
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1988 Dec;9(4):290-4. doi: 10.1097/00000433-198812000-00004.
All autopsies performed on homicide victims at the Salt River police mortuary, Cape Town, in the first 6 months of 1986 were reviewed. Most of the homicides that had occurred in Cape Town were as a result of stab wounds to the chest. Smaller, but significant, numbers of homicides were as a result of stab wounds to the head and neck, blunt injury to the head, or gunshot wounds. Homicidal burning also has occurred in civil unrest situations. Infanticide was rarely encountered. Alcohol was detected in the homicide victims in 62.9% of cases; 8.4% had a blood alcohol concentration higher than 0.30 g/100 ml. Our figures confirm that Cape Town has one of the highest homicide rates in the world (56.9/100,000 per annum for 1986). Homicides in Cape Town are characterized by assaults with sharp instruments, usually knives, although "pangas," or cane knives, are also commonly used.
对1986年上半年在开普敦盐河警察停尸房进行的所有凶杀案受害者尸体解剖进行了审查。开普敦发生的大多数凶杀案是胸部刺伤所致。头部和颈部刺伤、头部钝器伤或枪伤导致的凶杀案数量较少，但也很显著。在内乱情况下也发生过杀人焚尸事件。杀婴事件很少见。在62.9%的凶杀案受害者体内检测到酒精；8.4%的受害者血液酒精浓度高于0.30 g/100 ml。我们的数据证实，开普敦是世界上凶杀率最高的地区之一（1986年每年为56.9/10万）。开普敦的凶杀案特点是使用利器袭击，通常是刀，不过“pangas”（大砍刀）或甘蔗刀也很常用。
