Forensic-medical analysis of gunshot trauma

Abstract

Gunshot injuries are now one of the leading causes of violent death worldwide. If during peacetime, cases of gunshot wounds among civilian people were rare, mainly due to suicide or careless handling of weapons, then with the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of the territory of our state, the statistics began to change dramatically. Thus, according to available statistical information, the number of violent deaths in 2022 increased by approximately 1.5 times compared to 2021, and the number of deaths from gunshot wounds increased by 38 times. This once again confirms the importance of the topic under study in today’s conditions. Murders caused by firearms are one of the important evidence of war crimes, which necessitates a comprehensive forensic analysis of such injuries. The aim of the study. To perform a comprehensive forensic assessment of expert cases with gunshot injuries.