Death by Javelin
A javelin is a spear: a long thin piece of wood, plastic, or metal with a pointed end, used as a weapon or thrown in field competitions such as track-and-field events in which the contestants compete to throw a javelin as far as possible.
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more about the javelin's use as a hunting tool, a weapon of war, and for
competitions by following this link!
While I found no murders committed with a javelin I did find several accidental deaths from javelin throws. In Dusseldorf Germany, a fifteen-year-old javelin thrower accidentally killed an athletics official on the field.
Sad story, and I can't imagine the horror this young man must feel.
The victim was a 74-year-old German athletics official who was hit in the throat by the young man's
throw of the javelin. He stepped out on the field to take a measurement and was
hit. Such tragedy!
A teacher at Liverpool College died after being struck
by the blunt end of the sports spear. In North Dakota, a 17 year-old girl dies after being struck by a javelin after she cut across the javelin field - unbelievable!
Read more here:
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Struck by Javelin, Girl 17, dies
A truly formidable weapon
but would you replace your baseball bat with it?
A truly formidable weapon
but would you replace your baseball bat with it?
