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Researcher models effects of suicide bombing: results of crowd configurations

11-13-2007 · EurekAlert!

Virtual simulations conducted by Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani, a Florida Institute of Technology doctoral student and Fulbright Scholar, indicates that various crowd formations affect the number of injuries and fatalities in the event of a pedestrian suicide bomb attack.

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