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Intentional Shootings
Date published: 01 May 1975
Author: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
In a previous report (Series 2, No.1), we examined the incidence of firearm casualties in New South Wales and the characteristics of both the shooters and victims involved in gun accidents. We now turn to two other types of firearm casualty, namely suicide (or attempted suicide) and criminally inflicted death or injury.