A 16-year-old was fatally injured by at least one police shot on Monday in Dortmund. The youth had previously attacked the officers with a knife, said a police spokesman. There was initially no further information on the precise background to the police operation.
The police were called to Holsteiner Strasse around 4:25 p.m. on Monday. Officers used the firearm, the police spokesman said. It was initially unclear how many shots were fired and whether several police officers fired. The 16-year-old was seriously injured and died a little later during an emergency operation.
For reasons of neutrality, the investigations are no longer carried out by the Dortmund police, but by the Recklinghausen police.
Several deaths in police operations
Police officers often take up arms. On Tuesday last week, a homeless 23-year-old was fatally injured by a police officer's shot during an operation in the station district in Frankfurt am Main. The police had previously reported an armed man in a hotel who is said to have threatened people, according to the Hessian State Criminal Police Office.
A day later, the 48-year-old tenant was shot by the police during the eviction of an apartment in Cologne. According to the first investigation, he had previously attacked police officers with a knife. After an "unsuccessful use" of pepper spray and the threat of firearms, the shooting was said to have taken place.
