Retrospective study analyzes firearm-related deaths in Manipur, revealing crucial demographic and circumstantial trends.
Key Points
To evaluate demographic details, occurrence circumstances, weapon specifics, wound patterns, and causes of death in homicidal firearm injury cases in Manipur.
Retrospective study conducted over ten years (May 2014 to April 2024) at a tertiary care center.
Included 135 cases of homicidal firearm deaths analyzed for various demographic and injury-related factors.
Data collected from post-mortem records and analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2007.
97% of victims were males, predominantly aged 21–40 years, with a majority being married and from the Meitei ethnic group.
Most incidents occurred between 5 pm and 12 am, primarily during communal riots; rifled firearms used in 90.37% of cases.
Brain injury was the leading cause of death, followed by multiple organ injuries and shock with hemorrhage.