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Ancestry analysis in the 11-M Madrid bomb attack investigation.
PloS one - 11 Aug 2009
Phillips Christopher, Prieto Lourdes, Fondevila Manuel, Salas Antonio, Gómez-Tato Antonio, Alvarez-Dios José, Alonso Antonio, Blanco-Verea Alejandro, Brión María, Montesino Marta, Carracedo Angel, Lareu María Victoria
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The 11-M Madrid commuter train bombings of 2004 constituted the second biggest terrorist attack to occur in Europe after Lockerbie, while the subsequent investigation became the most complex and wide-ranging forensic case in Spain. Standard short tandem repeat (STR) profiling of 600 exhibits left certain key incriminatory samples unmatched to any of the apprehended suspects. A judicial order to perform analyses...
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