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Spain. The trauma to the scalp was inflicted with a blunt object (glass ashtray). The wounds could be considered as indicative of the perpetrator’s serious and harmful psychological state as well as aggressive behavior at the time of committing the crime.

Fig.1 Trauma to the scalp inflicted with a glass ashtray.

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