Man dies after police use Taser

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Landstuhl
Man dies after police use Taser

A police officer holds a Taser in his hand (archive image)

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Police officers are called to an operation because a man is rioting in his apartment. They used a Taser on site, and the rioter died a short time later in the hospital.

After the use of a Taser by the According to police, a man died in hospital in Landstuhl near Kaiserslautern. According to police on Wednesday, the exact cause of the 38-year-old’s death has not yet been determined. A possible connection between the use of the stun gun and the man’s death is now being investigated. Officials announced on Wednesday that an investigation had been initiated against two police officers on suspicion of negligent homicide.

Man is said to have inflicted cuts on himself

According to the police, the man’s relatives called the emergency services on Tuesday evening because the 38-year-old was rioting and inflicting cuts on himself. The police went to the man’s apartment – when the 38-year-old attacked them there, the officers used the Taser.

The man then lost consciousness. The police resuscitated him until the emergency services arrived. The man’s body will now be examined forensically.

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