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To avoid movement, the victim's wrists were tied to the chair or, in one version, two bars pushed the arms against arm-rests for the spikes to penetrate the flesh even further. In some versions, there were holes under the chair's bottom where the torturer placed coal to cause severe burns while the victim still remained conscious.
A contact shot produces a distinctive wound, with extensive tissue damage from the burning propellant. Unlike a shot from point-blank range, the powder burns will cover a very small area right around the entry wound; often there will be a distinct pattern, called tattooing.
[32] [33] The arbitrary, cruel, and short-lived Liu Ziye was apt to kill innocent officials by lingchi. [34] Gao Yang killed only six people by this method, [ 35 ] and An Lushan killed only one man. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Lingchi was known in the Five Dynasties period (907–960 CE); but, in one of the earliest such acts, Shi Jingtang abolished it. [ 38 ]
Shooting to wound refers to attempts to use a firearm to harm someone without killing them. It is controversial since the unpredictable nature of firearm wounds could result in the wound failing to incapacitate the target; it may accidentally kill or miss the target, [ 1 ] the latter presents a risk of unintended casualties.
Common wound types include gunshots to the extremities. A person may achieve a similar effect by deliberately neglecting their health, e.g., by letting a minor wound become infected, or foregoing foot care in damp environments to trigger the development of diseases like trench foot and tropical ulcers, which are debilitating but not usually fatal or permanent if treated properly.
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Yet some Shi'ite men and boys continue to slash themselves with chains (zanjeer) or swords and allow their blood to run freely. [ 63 ] Certain rituals like the traditional flagellation ritual called Talwar zani ( talwar ka matam or sometimes tatbir ) using a sword or zanjeer zani or zanjeer matam , involving the use of a zanjeer (a chain with ...
Here are 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly. Number 10.A meteor. Humans have been lucky when it comes to avoiding sizeable meteors and mass die-offs. However, if one measuring 50 ...