A 30-year-old man suffered a heart attack after police tried to detain him in the backyard of a Berlin building, police reported on Sunday.
According to the police statement, the man was shouting and crashing bicycles in the courtyard of an apartment building in Berlin’s Charlottenburg neighbourhood late Friday night.
The police report claimed he lunged and spat at officers, and when they tried to arrest him, he fell to the ground and lost consciousness. He was diagnosed with a heart attack at the hospital, with police reporting he passed away on Saturday morning.
The murder commission of the State Criminal Police Office is investigating whether the death is related to the arrest. German police have been repeatedly criticised in recent years for using excessive force when detaining suspects, which often resulted in severe injuries.
