Re-evaluation of DNA Based Identification results of Victims of a terrorist attack 25 years later

In July 1994 there was a second terrorist attack against a Jewish institution in Buenos Aires city. It targeted the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) and the bomb toppled its building, killed 85 and hurt over 300 people. The Supreme Court ordered DFPS/SHDG to carry out the identification of the fragmented remains by means of DNA analysis. At that time five VNTRs, seven STRs including five autosomal, one X, and one on the Y chromosome, mtDNA sequencing (HVR I and II) and MVR were used.
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Source Type: research