Tragic end to a police operation: A man, a rampage in his apartment, threatened to jump from the roof. The police let him through a single injection at rest. Now he is dead.

Update from 30. January 2019, 15.21 PM:

Three months after the death of a 43-Year-old during a police operation in Nuremberg, there is still no evidence that the stun gun was the cause of death. A histological examination and an associated report were now come to the conclusion that the man had drugs in the body, said a spokeswoman for the Prosecutor’s office on Wednesday the German press Agency. To round out the If the electric shock gun itself will be examined. Third-party negligence could be excluded.

The man had the 22. October of last year, in his apartment loudly rioted and threatened to jump from a parapet on the third floor of the apartment building. Special forces had set him up with a Taser. Because he had done according to the police, more massive resistance, he was asked by a emergency doctor with an injection of calm. The man was short, collapsed and died a little later in a hospital.

He threatened to jump from the roof to the police on a man with injection quiet – now he’s dead

Update, Thursday, 16.30:

Nuremberg – The autopsy of the 43-Year-old who died after a police operation in Nuremberg, has shown no clear cause of death. There is a suspicion of poisoning, a spokeswoman for the public Prosecutor’s office Nuremberg-Fürth said on Wednesday. A toxicology report should clarify that now. The result is expected in the next two to three weeks. The man had rioted on Monday night in his apartment and threatened to jump from the third floor of the apartment building.

With a stun gun (Taser) had placed special forces the man out of action. Because he had done according to the police, more massive resistance, he was asked by a emergency doctor with an injection of calm. The man was short, collapsed and died a little later in a hospital. According to the Prosecutor’s office was arranged, the Taser and to physical. In order to clarify whether disturbances in the device templates.

first message, Tuesday, 14.19 PM

Nuremberg – A 43-Year-old died after a police operation in Nürnberg. The man had on a rampage in his apartment and threatened to jump from a parapet on the third floor of the apartment building, the police announced on Tuesday. With a stun gun – a Taser – he had been on Monday night by special forces of the police incapacitated.

The man had the information, after short resistance, and was sedated by an emergency doctor with an injection. Initially unknown reasons, he collapsed a little later and had to be transported to a hospital, where he died.

A post-mortem examination on Wednesday should shed light on the deaths cause. In addition, a toxicology report should be created, in order to check whether he was under the influence of drugs.

Since 2006, used a Taser in the special forces in Bavaria. With the pain of electric shocks, a man can be made liable to be incapacitated. For a few seconds, officials will then have the opportunity to overwhelm your target.

In the case of a Taser-use the COP shoots from a distance of three to five meters of wire connected arrows. The arrow penetrates about an inch deep into the skin. About him, a current pulse with a high voltage, which acts on nerves and muscles. The use of such distance-electrical pulse devices, is controversial. Dangerous the weapon can be sick for heart.

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