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"if not from the phone that did in fact explode in his shirt pocket, how is this supposed to have happened?"
exactly, a simultaneous small weapons explosion occurred directly next to him at the same exact time as the cell phone explosion, with all the evidence of this event evaporating... it was the most perfect coincidence EVER!!!
"let's not forget how important the manufacture of cellphones is to the korean economy, and how much political influence powerful corporations like samsung and lg have always had in that country (and their history of corruption!)"
largest companies in a country when the majority of the government is corrupt, they NEVER have any political influence!
In all seriousness m, i completely agree with you. Why anyone would trust a story like this coming out of Korea really makes me wonder what the gullibility factor around here is.
I think the issue here is that a cell phone battery just doesn't really hold enough energy to break ribs and and his spine. That usually requires massive blunt force trauma of some sort. An explosion that could do that would be more likely to blow a hole in him than to mildly burn him but leave shattered bones. The injuries are more consistent with being hit by something really hard; the ground perhaps, or having something dropped on him, or any number of other things. Something with that much energy could of course also compromise the battery, hence the exploded battery. Or, as its been suggested elsewhere, maybe the battery did explode, causing him to panic and fall a long distance or something. But the key thing is that a battery by itself couldn't cause those injuries.
Really?
not enough energy?
you take anything that builds up enough pressure to expand an aluminum casing to a point of explosion and you get fairly small, but powerful bomb. i wold have to disagree, and the explosion of a battery, when kept in a coat pocket, near the rib cage, could definitely break bone. As for the spinal injury, metal shrapnel anyone? it would only have to travel about 3 to 4 inches through nothing but soft tissue if it was near the rib cage.