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21482051

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-28
pubmed:abstractText
Improvised explosive devices (IED) are responsible for a significant proportion of combat and civilian deaths around the world. Given the ease with which IEDs can be made, the large quantity of explosive which can be contained within or on a vehicle, and the use of VBIED in the past (for example the 2002 Bali bombing) in terrorist activities, VBIED are an ongoing concern for Defence and law enforcement agencies. Fingermark and DNA analyses are routinely used by police and forensic analysts to identify suspects involved in illegal activities. There is limited information available on the feasibility of obtaining fingermarks, fibres, hair and DNA samples following an explosive incident, or a situation whereby an IED has been rendered safe following the utilisation of an appropriate defeat or render-safe tool. The main objective of this study was to determine if fingermarks and/or DNA (from saliva and hair samples) placed on the interior and exterior of road vehicles, and on inanimate objects (such as plastic or glass bottles), are able to be obtained and analysed following the use of a vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) render-safe tool on a vehicle containing simulated explosives. The identification of fingermarks on the exterior (67.2±8.5%) and interior (43.8±17.8%) of the vehicles was possible following the use of the render-safe tool, though this was more challenging in the latter than the former. Fingermarks were also able to be identified from both plastic and glass bottles placed inside the vehicles. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques yielded DNA profiles that were able to be identified from saliva and hair samples. These preliminary results suggest that both fingermarks and DNA profiles, obtained from vehicles that have been subjected to a VBIED render-safe tool, may be used to identify persons of interest.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1872-6283
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Crown Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
210
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
182-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Recovery of DNA and fingermarks following deployment of render-safe tools for vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED).
pubmed:affiliation
Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Human Protection and Performance Division, 506 Lorimer Street, Fishermans Bend, Melbourne, Victoria 3207, Australia. sharmaine.ramasamy@dsto.defence.gov.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't