Journal of Forensic Medicine

Department of Forensic Medicine and Criminalistics, School of Medicine University of Rijeka Bra?e Branchetta, Rijeka, Croatia

Publications

• Case Report   
  Harakiri: Two Cases of Self-Stabbing Suicide
  Author(s): Ivana Miloševi�?, Dražen Cuculi�? and Antun Feren�?i�??*
  
  Harakiri is a form of Japanese ritual suicide. A sharp instrument is used to inflict a wound to the abdomen, causing disembowelment and slow and painful death. The two cases of suicide by harakiri described in this article are the only cases that happened over a period of 20 years in the wider Rijeka area. One victim suffered from depression with psychotic episodes, whereas more detailed background information for the other victim wasn't available.. Read More»
  

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