07 June 2007

Cold Case

Finally solved 5000 years later...
Massive blood loss from a ruptured artery killed the 5,300-year-old Alpine "Iceman" known as Oetzi, tests confirm.

Oetzi probably died as the result of a fight: he may either have fled the attacker - who then shot him in the back - or fell victim to an ambush.

The remains of the Neolithic man were discovered in 1991 emerging from a melting glacier.