Offenses named for the weapon or means used to kill, such as a shooting from a moving vehicle, an attack with a vehicle driven into people, a bomb in a car, or a killing carried out to sell the body for dissection. An offense belongs here when the method is the feature that defines it. It excludes offenses defined by the victim or the motive, which sit in the other death groups. Entries placed here are Drive-By Shooting, Vehicle-Ramming Attack, Car Bomb and Anatomy Murder.
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Anatomy murder (Wikipedia)
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An anatomy murder (sometimes called burking in British English) is a murder committed in order to use all or part of the cadaver for medical research or teaching.
Car bomb, Wikipedia
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A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.
Drive-by Shooting (Wikipedia)
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Drive-by shootings, on the other hand, are common, especially in professional criminal contexts, as the statistical incidence says that almost all assaults with firearms are carried out from cars, motorcycles, or scooters.
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