This Unlucky Fellow Is The First Known Victim Of A Boomerang Attack

[Judi Lynn]

This Unlucky Fellow Is The First Known Victim Of A Boomerang Attack

A 600-year-old skeleton unearthed in Australia shows signs of a brutal attack.

 20/10/2016 4:37 AM AEDT | Updated 13 hours ago

centuries-old skeleton unearthed two years ago in an Australian national park is being called the first known victim of a boomerang attack.

Scientists who analyzed the bones ― identified as those of a young man who died violently in the 13th century ― say that the gruesome gash on the skull is consistent with a blow from a wooden-bladed “fighting boomerang” known as a wonna.

“When it’s used as a fighting club, it’s like a battle ax essentially,” Dr. Michael Westaway, an archaeologist at Australia’s Griffith University and the lead author of a new paper describing the skeleton’s analysis, told The New York Times. “It would have been a very fearsome weapon. The blow to the front of the face was a rapid shock kind of blow.”

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[Orrex]

1. He was probably distracted by the sound of the car backfiring.