Lol! You can’t be serious Andy! Clearing also means an opportunity to do whatever an objective of the ‘clearing’ is set out to achieve. For example, rounding up and killing point blank perceived or real collaborators.
A point blank shot to the head, regardless of a calibre of a weapon used, causes a person shot to bleed out in 3-5 minutes. When a shot in the head, it is impossible to have blood stain localised around the bullet entry location only.
Blood stains change colour very quickly and the bandages on those bodies were clean white with bright red stains. Not possible after 3 or 4 days and longer.
