Rhineland-Palatinate
Man dies after police use Taser
In Landstuhl, a possible connection between the use of the electric shock gun and the death of a man is being investigated. (Symbolic image) photo
© Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa
Police used a Taser against a man during an operation near Kaiserslautern. The 38-year-old later dies. Two officers are now being investigated on suspicion of negligent homicide.
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.