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Forensic Science examines and marks a projectile at the crime scene in Wuppertal (June 5, 2022)
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Three police officers are being investigated after a firearm was used in Wuppertal on Pentecost Sunday.
According to this, two policewomen and one policeman are said to have shot a man who was walking in the city center with a knife.
The man was hit by several bullets and seriously injured.
The public prosecutor's office did not want to confirm that the man had a pistol with him in addition to a knife, as was initially reported.
Several items that the man had with him would be examined, it said on Tuesday.
A statement from the police and prosecutors on Sunday said the man had pulled out a pistol and aimed at the officers.
Then they shot.
Suspicion of assault in office
In the meantime, proceedings have been initiated against the officials on suspicion of bodily harm in office.
For reasons of neutrality, the investigations would be carried out by the Hagen police headquarters, it was said on Tuesday.
Witnesses are said to have told the police on Sunday that a man armed with a knife was threatening pedestrians in the city center.
Because he did not respond to speeches by the emergency services, the officers used pepper spray.
The man still did not put the knife down, but continued walking, it was said on Sunday.
Shortly thereafter, he sat down on a bench and threatened to injure the officers and himself with the knife.
The man had since been operated on, the public prosecutor announced on Tuesday.
There was initially no further information about the condition of the man.
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