German police shoot dead knife-wielding man outside nightclub

Man killed by German police after threatening officers with knife and gas spray in nightclub altercation

BERLIN, April 21 — A German police officer yesterday shot dead a man who threatened people with a knife outside a night club and advanced toward a patrol spraying a suspicious gas, police said. Law enforcement opened an investigation into the 27-year-old officer who fired several shots at the 21-year-old man in the northern city of Oldenburg, a statement said. The man died from his wounds in hospital. The incident took place in the early hours S…

German police shoot dead knife-wielding man outside nightclub

BERLIN: A German police officer on Sunday shot dead a man who threatened people with a knife outside a night club and advanced toward a patrol spraying a suspicious gas, police said. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

The 21-year-old injured and threatened several people when they refused him entry to the club

The man sprayed tear gas not only at the police officers, but also at security personnel. The police officer is under investigation.

A German police officer shot and killed a young man who had attacked a patrol with a spray gun, after previously threatening several people with a knife, in a scuffle outside a... Read more...

A German police officer shot and killed a young man who had attacked a patrol with a pepper spray after threatening several people with a knife in a fight outside a club in the northwestern German city of Oldenburg. A preliminary investigation is underway into the 27-year-old officer who shot the 21-year-old repeatedly. The 21-year-old later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. “For reasons of neutrality,” the investigation has been handed ove…