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Secondary blast injury

Penetrating injury from fragments: device casing metal, pre-formed projectiles (nails, bolts, BBs), or environmental debris accelerated by the blast wave. The most common cause of blast death in open-air civilian bombings. Fragment recovery from wound tracks provides device construction evidence.

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