Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The deadly police shots at a 16-year-old refugee in Dortmund will be discussed today (3 p.m.) in the Düsseldorf state parliament. The SPD parliamentary group had called for a special meeting of the main committee, at which Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) was to report on the incident. Whether Reul can actually say something new is open.
In fact, the investigation is still in full swing. According to a spokesman, the public prosecutor's office does not provide any information on the intermediate status. In a paper from Reul for the state parliament from last week, only the already known state of affairs was repeated.
Accordingly, the youth from Senegal had waved a knife in the courtyard of a youth welfare facility and threatened to kill himself. Pepper spray and tasers didn't stop him. When he ran towards the officers with the knife, a police officer fired his submachine gun six times. Five shots hit. The 16-year-old died a short time later in a clinic. He was buried in Senegal last Thursday.
