The case made headlines nationwide: a doctor is looking for a patient with the help of the police. When they find him, things get violent. The man won’t survive.
Mannheim/Stuttgart – After the death of a man as a result of a police check in Mannheim at the beginning of May, the investigation is still ongoing. A spokesman for the State Criminal Police Office in Baden-Württemberg said that the first preliminary report of a histological examination of the corpse was now available. “However, this recommends obtaining a supplementary report, which has already been commissioned, in order to be able to make a reliable statement.”
As soon as this report is available, the results will be published. But that could take a few more weeks. “Depending on the result of the report, the further procedure will be decided,” the spokesman said. Examination of the body should provide clues as to the cause of death.
The State Criminal Police Office is investigating two officers from the Mannheim Police Headquarters who were involved in the check on suspicion of bodily harm in office resulting in death. At least one video circulated on the Internet showing one of the police officers hitting the man lying on the ground in the head.
A 47-year-old man collapsed during the police check in downtown Mannheim on May 2nd. The emergency services and a doctor present from the Central Institute for Mental Health in Mannheim, who had been looking for the patient with the police, took care of the man. But he later died in hospital. dpa
