I saw a documentary about suicide bombers a few months ago. Apparently it's a characteristic of the wrap-around type of arrangement that the bomber's head goes shooting off in a skyward direction. It's one way of finding out which of them was the bomber.
I'm glad I'm not in forensic science. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 July 2005 14:00 > To: pentax list > Subject: Re: London Bombing update > > On 13/7/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Cotty means they were tracked after the event. Before the event they > >weren't bombers, and weren't known to the authorities. > > I have some more info. *Warning* grim details follow. > > It appears that at least one bomber had personal details > about his person in the form of an address! The bomber on the > bus was decapitated in the explosion, and police literally > found his head in the street. He was identified from his > face, and turns out he was known to the police (exactly in > what way remains to be seen).