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Assassination by 'Suicide'
These killings often involve drugging the victim unconscious. They are usually found alone. Some pretext is often created; such as suicide notes, depression, disease, behavioral disturbances, etcetera.For shooting, the victim's own gun is often used. An empty shell (where the primer already...
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Firearm
A firearm is a device which projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process of rapid burning...
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Suicide
Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the intentional killing of one's self. The most common cause is an underlying psychiatric disorders which include depression, schizophrenia, alcoholism and drug abuse. Financial...
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Asphyxia
Asphyxia (from Greek a-, "without" and σφυγμός (sphygmos), "pulse, heartbeat") is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally. An example of asphyxia is choking. Asphyxia causes...
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Hanging
Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. Scientifically, the person dies by strangulation. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", although it...
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Drowning
Drowning is death from suffocation (asphyxia) caused by a liquid entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia and myocardial infarction.
Near drowning is the survival of a drowning event involving...
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Drug overdose
The term drug overdose (or simply overdose or OD) describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced. An overdose is widely considered harmful and dangerous as it can...
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Gunshot
A gunshot is the discharge of a firearm, and the sound effect thereof; the term can also refer to a wound caused by such a discharge.
A typical rifle gunshot is very loud — in the region of 140 to 170 decibels while the threshold for pain is 130 db....
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Murder-suicide
A murder-suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before killing him or herself.
The combination of murder and suicide can take various forms, including:
Many spree killings have ended in suicide, such as...
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