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Police vehicle in the Waldhof district of Mannheim: the injured dies after being shot in the leg
Photo: Rene Priebe / dpa
Another person died in Mannheim after a police operation.
As reported by the public prosecutor and the State Criminal Police Office (LKA), a previously injured 31-year-old died after a police shot in the leg.
This was preceded by a domestic violence operation.
Before police arrived, the 31-year-old man is said to have threatened to kill himself during an argument with his mother and inflicted serious cuts and stab wounds on himself.
According to the police, the man was in a "mental state of emergency".
A neighbor called the police at the mother's request.
According to the LKA, the police officers summoned tried to overwhelm the man with tear gas.
That didn't work, so there was a "targeted shot in the leg of the 31-year-old".
Shortly thereafter, the man died despite first aid and resuscitation measures.
An autopsy should clarify the cause of death.
The Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office is taking over the further investigations, particularly with regard to the use of firearms by the police.
death in early May
In Mannheim, a 47-year-old man died in the hospital on May 2 after a police check.
Videos are circulating on the Internet that are supposed to show the operation.
In it, an officer hits the head of a man lying on the ground.
These film sequences and other information from witnesses are being examined by investigative authorities.
Authorities earlier said the man's body showed signs of blunt force trauma, but "the intensity was low."
It is not yet clear how the man died.
Around 900 people demonstrated against police violence in downtown Mannheim on Saturday evening.
Among other things, the district court and the police station in the city center were damaged by paint bags and bottles thrown and spray paint.
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