Abstract
The Belgian disaster victim identification (DVI) team is involved in many investigations in our country. Indeed, this specialized team of the federal police oversees searching for and investigating criminally buried dead bodies, identification of unknown putrefied corpses, and more. The Belgian DVI team also assists with the identification of victims of mass disasters (natural, accidental, and mass murders). In this article, we consider the contributions of different teams (forensic pathology, anthropology, and odontology, federal police, and crime scene investigation) both on the scene of the attack at the Brussels National Airport (Zaventem) and in the laboratory work (autopsies, sample studies).
Highlights
Interventions conducted by the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Belgium are quite varied in our country
The Belgian DVI team coordinates the management of serious accidents, natural disasters, and mass civilian killings [4]
In addition to the specific missions for isolated identification of individuals, in the context of criminal disappearances [5], Belgian teams have partaken in the identification process of victims involved in cases of terrorist attacks
Summary
Interventions conducted by the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Belgium are quite varied in our country. This specialized team of federal police is involved in searching for buried corpses, the investigations of unidentified degraded bodies, and cases of criminal excavation. This service is involved in the identification process for victims of disasters (natural, accidental, and mass murders). The Belgian DVI team coordinates the management of serious accidents (e.g. house collapses, aircraft and train accidents), natural disasters (e.g. the 2004 tsunami in Thailand [1,2,3]), and mass civilian killings (e.g. during the conflict in Kosovo several years ago) [4]. In addition to the specific missions for isolated identification of individuals, in the context of criminal disappearances [5], Belgian teams have partaken in the identification process of victims involved in cases of terrorist attacks (e.g. the MH17 crash after missile hit in Ukraine, and bombing attacks in Brussels and Zaventem in Belgium)
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