The police shoot a 23-year-old German in Amsterdam. It is probably a fitness influencer from Wetzlar.
- During an operation in Amsterdam , the police shot a 23-year-old German.
- The victim is said to be a fitness influencer from Wetzlar (Central Hesse) .
- The police defended the action, but the father directed violent words to the officers.
Wetzlar / Amsterdam - The Dutch police shot a 23-year-old German in Amsterdam on Thursday (August 16, 2020).The person killed is said to be a well-known fitness influencer from Wetzlar (Central Hesse). This emerges from a report in the “Bild” newspaper and an Instagram statement from the young man's business partners. He had tens of thousands of followers in the social network.
Police shoot 23-year-olds from Germany: the man killed is said to be fitness influencer from Wetzlar
In an official report, the police in Amsterdam describe what should have happened on the anniversary of the Wetzlar's death: Police officers saw the 23-year-old with a knife in his hand in the southwest of the city that afternoon. The man tried to injure himself and the police. He made a mentally disturbed impression, it said. Several attempts to speak to him have failed.
After the man approached the police despite repeated warnings, the police tried to arrest him. The man stabbed himself. The officers then shot him. According to the information, the 23-year-old died in a clinic despite resuscitation measures.
Fitness influencer from Wetzlar killed in a police operation in Amsterdam: Video should show the scenes
A video is circulating on Twitter that is supposed to show the minutes before the fatal shots, and local media are also reporting on it. You can see a young man who is barely dressed and holds a knife to his neck. A policeman with a dog stalks from behind, wrestles the young man to the ground, who then screams loudly. The footage shows how he struggles on the ground and lashes out wildly. Then three shots can be heard and the recording ends.
Police commander Frank Paauw defended the events in Amsterdam. “Not a single officer goes to work thinking that he will shoot anyone that day. Amsterdam police officers are not cowboys, ”he told the Dutch daily“ Het Parool ”. The firing was said to have been proportionate, the 23-year-old German is said to have stabbed a police officer with a knife in the protective vest.
Father of the victim from Wetzlar with violent words against the police
A coaching site that works with the fitness influencer from Wetzlar confirmed the 23-year-old's death. He was shot dead by the police two days after his birthday in Amsterdam, the Instagram post said, in which the deceased is described as a "kind, loving and caring person". The Bild-Zeitung meanwhile quoted the father of the man killed, who is said to have written online: "The police murdered my son". In Amsterdam, the criminal police have started further investigations into the case. (Tvd)