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Germany. This 70-year-old man committed suicide by gunshot to the forehead. He was found kneeling by his bathtub, the blood from the entrance wound poured into the tub, in the tub was a bucket with some amount of blood. The weapon used was a 7.62 mm caliber pistol. There was a bullet contact entrance wound on the forehead and a comparatively small exit wound in the occipital region.

Fig.1 Suicidal gunshot injury to the forehead in a 70-year-old man who was found kneeling before the bathtub.

Fig.2 Bullet contact entrance wound in the forehead.

Fig.3 comparatively small exit in the occipital region.

Fig.4 The weapon used was a pistol of calibre 7.62 mm.

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