Reul: investigations into Dortmund create a "new situation"
Created: 01/09/2022 17:33
Herbert Reul goes through the state parliament to the main committee.
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After the public prosecutor's office expanded the investigation into fatal police shots to include a 16-year-old in Dortmund, Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) sees "a new situation".
But that also shows that the case is being looked at carefully, said Reul on Thursday.
Düsseldorf - The public prosecutor's office had expanded their investigations to four other officials because of the use of pepper spray and tasers.
In the case of the shooter, the public prosecutor's office is examining whether the investigation against him will be expanded to include manslaughter.
Reul emphasized that all procedures are an initial suspicion.
As he further reported, disciplinary proceedings have now been initiated against the officials.
dpa
