Manus Island shooting victim's X-ray provides key clue in riot investigation
But reliable forensic evidence as to who did is likely to come from the asylum seeker who was shot.
Fairfax has learned that X-rays taken of the man's wound on Tuesday reveal a projectile still wedged against his hip bone.
And that the shape suggests projectile from a large calibre weapon such as those used by police.
Initially there had been rumours that the wound might be from small pellets from a shotgun possibly fired during the riot.
But Manus Island doctor Otto Numan, who X-rayed the victim,
and has seen a number of shotgun wounds said: ''It's not a pellet. I
have seen pellet wounds.''
He said it appeared to be large and in his experience did not match the same type of injuries from a shotgun.
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