Police operation - Twelve-year-old approaches police officers with a knife - warning shots
With warnings, the police in Oberhausen stopped a 12-year-old armed person at a playground. Witnesses had alerted the response units on Tuesday because the girl was handling a knife on the playground, the prosecutor's office and police reported today. When the officers arrived, the girl had "threateningly" approached them with the knife.
Despite all warnings, she refused to stand still. A police officer then gave two warning shots. The girl was reportedly briefly stunned and could be overpowered without injury. A witness helped the officers. A group of children were present on the playground during the operation and witnessed the incident.
The proceedings against the 12-year-old will be conducted by the department for mentally disturbed offenders, the investigators announced without providing further details.
The warning shots were fired in the heart of Oberhausen, specifically at the playground. The public prosecutor's office in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, will oversee the investigation into the crime involving a 12-year-old who was carrying a knife. The incident occurred in broad daylight, with other children present on the playground.
