Deutsche Updates

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Dortmund. Mit fünf Schüssen wurde ein 16-Jähriger, der mit einem Messer bewaffnet war, in Dortmund durch einen Polizisten getötet. Aus Neutralitätsgründen ermittelt die Polizei Recklinghausen in dem Fall.

Gegenstand der Ermittlungen ist nun auch, ob Bodycams der anwesenden Polizisten - in der Zahl elf - in Betrieb waren, wie die „Ruhr Nachrichten“ berichten. Information aus einem Medienbericht, nach dem alle Kameras ausgeschaltet gewesen sein sollen, bestätigt Oberstaatsanwalt Carsten Dombert der Zeitung bisher nicht. „Wir müssen schauen, ob es Videoaufzeichnungen gibt, die aus diesen Kameras stammen könnten“, sagt er demnach.

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