This individual died after getting attacked with a broken bottle that slashed his neck, no more info. A particular form of slashed wound arises from ‘glassing’, that is, the use of a broken drinking glass or bottle as a weapon. Where, more commonly, a glass or bottle is used as a blunt instrument, it may shatter on impact with a victim’s head, and the resulting injuries may both be blunt and incised. The glass may sometimes be broken prior to the attack, to produce edges that are exquisitely sharp. There may also be spikes of glass, which can inflict deep, almost stab wounds.
Fig.1
Slashes when inflicted by broken glass or bottle, are typical of a fight, when the assailant strikes out with a swiping action, rather than the thrust of a stabbing attack. They are common in gang fights and bar-room brawls and the weapon may be swung at arm’s length in a horizontal arc so that if it contacts a body it will slice the skin and tissues as it passes by.
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