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Croatian girl switches to speaking in German after waking from coma
A teenager went into a coma and awoke speaking another language. The case of Sandra Ralic, 13, has doctors baffled.
She spoke Croatian before the sudden coma and fluent German after.
Her parents say she had only just started studying German at her school in Knin, southern Croatia.
Local hospital chief Dujomir Marasovic said: "We are still trying to find out what caused the coma and why she has apparently forgotten how to speak Croatian."
Eleven civilians who died during the violent clashes between red-shirt demonstrators and soldiers on Saturday night were victims of gunshot wounds, while another succumbed to heart failure, autopsy results revealed yesterday.
The autopsies were performed jointly by forensic scientists and doctors from various agencies to ensure transparency and accurate results. Two observers represented the Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship (DAAD), the organisers of the ongoing anti-government protests.
Eight victims were shot with high-velocity bullets of an unknown type from a long distance, said Pol Lt-General Jongjate Aojanephong, director of the Police General Hospital. Five took shots to the head and three others to the abdomen and chest. The officer could not tell whether the bullets were shot from sitting or sniping positions.
"Autopsy results also cannot reveal whether they were trained shooters. They can only tell that the bullets were high-velocity," he added
The autopsies were performed jointly by forensic scientists and doctors from various agencies to ensure transparency and accurate results. Two observers represented the Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship (DAAD), the organisers of the ongoing anti-government protests.
Eight victims were shot with high-velocity bullets of an unknown type from a long distance, said Pol Lt-General Jongjate Aojanephong, director of the Police General Hospital. Five took shots to the head and three others to the abdomen and chest. The officer could not tell whether the bullets were shot from sitting or sniping positions.
"Autopsy results also cannot reveal whether they were trained shooters. They can only tell that the bullets were high-velocity," he added
Here's video of one of these high-velocity shots: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcwxd7_redbkk_news
Photo via The Times of Malta
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