The accused in the case of after a use of security personnel in the Hamburg University Hospital Eppendorf deceased psychiatric patients have not yet commented on the allegations. That said the responsible prosecutor Lars Mahnke in the Scientific Committee of the Hamburg citizenship. He investigates three security forces and a doctor for assault with fatalities.
The patient, William Tonou-Mbobda, lost consciousness in April after police reportedly forced the police to bring him back to the ward. A few days after the mission he died in intensive care (read more here).
The "taz" had reported on the basis of eyewitnesses of brutal scenes. The security guards attacked the patient when he refused to take any medication. An anonymous employee told the newspaper of racism among the security guards. Prosecutor Mahnke said that the State Criminal Police Office had heard all the witnesses of the incident. There are no indications for racism yet.
The autopsy was not complete, but largely completed. Cause of death Patients had been the "influence" in the course of the incident. But it has also been found that he had a "massive heart damage".
"Breakdown of vital signs"
Tonou-Mbobda had suffered a "breakdown of the vital function", caused by a repressive physical attack and most likely favored by the heart disease.
Why the incident escalated, according to the statements Mahnkes is not yet clear. The question of why the security guards did not just stand and wait was of great importance. "All I can say is that the answer would interest me myself."