The autopsy reports produced by forensic experts from several government hospitals in the Tuticorin firing shows that the victims were shot in head, chest and half of them were shot from behind.
The autopsy reports produced by forensic experts from several government hospitals in the Tuticorin firing shows that the victims were shot in head, chest and half of them were shot from behind.
“Among the eight people killed from bullets entering their head or body from behind or the side, 40-year-old Jansi, who like many people in Tamil Nadu, goes by just one name, was shot a few hundred meters away from her house in a narrow street close to Thoothukudi’s seafront. She was shot through the ear, the report into her death showed. A bullet went through the forehead of 34-year-old Mani Rajan”, reported The New Indian Express.
According to the report, 17-year-old J Snowlin, the youngest victim was shot behind his head and the bullet exited through her mouth.
According to Police Standing Orders for Tamil Nadu, when using firearms, " The aim should be kept low, preferably well below the waist level, and directed against the most threatening part of the mob".