Laure Beccuau, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation, said the woman had suffered multiple stab wounds and other injuries.

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The BBC's Orla Guerin entered the besieged western Libyan city, visiting a hospital and finding the intensive care unit full of people with serious injuries and multiple shrapnel wounds.

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"An autopsy revealed that the victim had multiple injuries and puncture wounds on both arms, " the prosecutor's office said.

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Major trauma patients are those who are most likely to die, such as people with serious gun and knife wounds or multiple injuries from car crashes.

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Richard Wolfe, the hospital's chief of emergency medicine, said the man had multiple injuries from what appeared to be both an explosive device and gunshot wounds.

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Scott was later examined by a medic and she was found to have a number of injuries including gaping wounds on her hand, as well as multiple bruises and scratches.

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He had multiple stab wounds, with the knife being plunged so deep that it had caused serious injuries to his kidney and liver.

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