By Sudarshan VaradhanTHOOTHUKUDI, India (Reuters) - Twelve of the 13 protesters killed when police opened fire on a demonstration against Vedanta's <VDAN.NS> copper smelter in southern India in May were hit by bullets in the head or chest, and half of those were shot from behind, autopsy reports show.gi Two others died after bullets pierced the sides of their heads, according to the reports produced by forensic medicine experts from several government hospitals and reviewed by Reuters. They have not been previously published.In the case of the youngest to be killed, a bullet entered the back of 17-year-old J. Snowlin's head and exited through her mouth, the autopsy found."The deceased would appear to have died of cardio-pulmonary arrest due to firearm bullet injury to the back of the neck," forensic medicine experts who examined Snowlin's body wrote.When Reuters visited her family, they said they had not collected the teenager's autopsy report. "We are continuing to exist, that's … [Read more...] about Exclusive: India anti-Vedanta protesters killed by shots to head, chest; half from behind