A man has died in Badalona (Barcelona) after receiving the discharge of a taser electric pistol by the Mossos d’Esquadra and then being immobilized by the agents.
As the Catalan police confirmed to Efe, the events occurred on November 26 at noon, when a family notified the Mossos d’Esquadra that their son was threatening them “with knives.”
The agents accessed the family’s home through a neighbor’s house, since the son had allegedly blocked the entrances.
The Mossos d’Esquadra have assured that the agents used the taser pistol “for the good of the family and those present” to reduce the man who, after falling to the ground, was also immobilized.
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The man was taken to the hospital, where he died, and an autopsy is still pending to determine the causes of death.
Taser guns are allowed in Catalonia to help in complex reductions of a person in case there is risk for the agents, the affected ones or third parties, and they have built-in recording systems.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com