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USA. Self-inflicted injuries on a prison inmate who hanged himself after writing “Satan is coming take me home” on the wall using his own blood. Satanism- and ‘black’witchcraft-associated tattoos (inverted pentagram) and self-inflicted injuries (inverted crosses symbolising mockery and rejection of the Christian cross).

Fig.1 Prison inmate who wrote an inscription on the wall of the prison cell using his own blood before hanging himself.

Fig.2 Inscription on the wall of a prison cell written by the inmate using his own blood from self-inflicted injuries before hanging himself.

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