US EditionGerman police shoot 12-year-old girl during welfare check
- German police shot and seriously wounded a 12-year-old girl who approached officers with two knives during a welfare check at her mother's apartment, authorities said.
- The girl, holding both German and Serbian citizenship, had left a group care facility and required vital medications, according to Essen police.
- During the incident, police described the girl's actions as a potential attack, leading them to deploy a taser and firearms, according to the police statement.
- The event has raised concerns about police violence and the handling of vulnerable individuals, which critics argue calls for better protocols.
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Deaf girl attacked police officers who opened fire.
After the life-threatening injury of a twelve-year-old by a police officer, there is a first result of the investigation, according to which the man shot at the last moment.
The police in Bochum shot down a girl (12). He had taken off with knives on the officers.
After shooting a deaf twelve-year-old in Bochum, the police are correcting themselves. The mother also expresses herself. In spite of the prohibition against minors, Taser and service weapon were used during the operation.
The search for a missing twelve-year-old in Bochum ends in a fiasco. Police officers shoot at the girl armed with knives - how often is unclear. So far. Now the officials announce details on the use of Taser and gun.
On the dramatic police operation against a twelve-year-old, the investigators publish further details: The twelve-year-old is said to have attacked the officials before - with two large kitchen knives.After the shooting of a policeman at a twelve-year-old in Bochum, the investigators assume that the girl had attacked the officials before.The shot from the service weapon had only fallen when the twelve-year-olds had been in hand with two knives i…
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