"FWIW the owner of this particular hand survived; at least, she's certainly alive in the wider shot."
Where are you seeing this?
Link?
"Where are you seeing this?"
It was the one of the glut of AP/AFP photos linked to on one of the half-dozen other threads about this. One of the photos was a wider shot that included her head being bandaged. She was banged up, but her eyes were open and she was looking at the camera.