Bedburg-Hau: Prisoner revolt in Psychiatry, SEK approaching

A man locked himself in, and another patient solidarized: In a forensic clinic on the Lower Rhine, a group of patients triggered the deployment of special forces.

Several people in the Kleve district had caused a "security disturbance," the police reported. They were now under control. Apparently, they had set furniture on fire and built up barricades.

Several patients in the forensic department of the LVR clinic are said to have rioted and barricaded themselves. In addition, a fire broke out. A large range of police and fire brigades is on site, in the air a helicopter is circling.

Big alarm for the police in North Rhine-Westphalia, heavily armed special operations commandos and special vehicles race to the clinic.

In the Forensics in Bedburg-Hau, several patients ransacked. The police were in large duty and had to bring 17 people under control. No one was injured.

Several police units from North Rhine-Westphalia, including a special intervention team and firefighters, responded to a clinic in Bedburg-Hau for mentally ill offenders today. According to Bild, there was a prisoner riot triggered by an unnamed 27-year-old patient.