Burn Injury because Gasoline and Fire

Abstract

Sinisa Franjic

Child abuse really has no limit. The most horrific form of abuse happened in summer 2019. The media reported that in Dnipro, Ukraine, several hooligans were pouring with gasoline an eight-year-old boy and then set him on fire. Instead of helping him, the hooligans fled. Fortunately, they were quickly identified and brought to police. The unlucky boy has burns on 35% of his body. Burns are very serious injuries that carry with them certain health consequences. The aim of this paper is to explain to the reader what the official authorities should do when a crime like this occurs. Unfortunately, the victim will have lasting consequences for their own health. Perpetrators should be adequately punished. This means that the competent state attorney’s office should consider bringing charges for the most serious form of attempted murder, although in that case there are elements of some other criminal act

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