Antonietta Lanzarone, medical examiner, is analysing the signs on the back of Y., Senegalese asylum seeker, in the Polyclinic of Palermo University.
Following the body analyses, Dr. Lanzarone noticed multiple cicatricial lesions from the results of previous plausible lacerated-contused wounds compatible with the action of a injurious whip type (plausibly electric cables). These episodes of violence happened in Libya, according to the story he told. The medical-legal certification service of the signs of torture for asylum seekers is routinely carried out by Dr. Lanzarone; the certifications are intended to supplement the dossiers that are submitted to the Examination Commission for asylum applications.
