CAT/C/23/D/60/1996
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The author has provided the Committee with a copy of the autopsy report drawn up by
Doctors Sassi and Halleb, surgeons at Nabeul Hospital. According to the report:
“We the undersigned, [...] appointed under order No. 745 of 11 October 1991 by the
Chief of the Traffic Unit of Menzel Bouzelfa in order to undertake an examination and
autopsy of the corpse of an unknown person to determine the cause of death:
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Bilateral mydriasis
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Presence of bruises [illegible] the left cheek bone, the lower lip and the
chin
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Small haematoma under the scalp on the left temple
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Bruising and oedema on the right hand and the back of the right forearm
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Bruising and abrasion of the left forearm
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Extensive bruises with major oedema on the buttocks
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Bruises and abrasion on both knees
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The left leg displays two puncture wounds with no underlying osteal
lesions
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Bruising and abrasions on the left leg
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Bruising on the soles of both feet
“On autopsy:
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Cranium: absence of any fracture of the cranium, absence of any
intracranial or intracerebral haematoma
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No flooding of the cerebral ventricles or brain displacement
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Lungs: pulmonary congestion affecting the entirety of both lungs, leaving
only two segments of the upper lobe of the left lung operational
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Systolic cardiac arrest; heart displays no vascular or valvular lesions
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Stomach distended, contains no food
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Small haematoma of the pelvis with perforation of the rectosigmoid
junction