Nienburg police killed Lamin like forest animal- Girlfriend

Girlfriend of 46-year-old Lamin Touray, shot dead by police in Nienburg on Saturday, said he was killed like an animal in the forest.

Seebrücke International in a statement said the police in Nienburg killed Touray with 8 shots.

According to an investigation by taz, the man’s girlfriend and a friend called the emergency services because they were worried that their friend was a danger to himself due to mental distress.

The police then turned up instead of the medical help they had hoped for.

According to the eyewitnesses, the false account that the man had threatened them with a knife was largely spread uncritically by the press.

According to their statements to taz, he only pulled out the knife when the police arrived. Touray’s girlfriend describes the course of the operation as follows: “Instead of helping, they shot him like an animal in the forest”.

The 14 officers involved are now being investigated for manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm. The police and public prosecutor’s office in Verden are responsible for this.

In a press release, the Lower Saxony Refugee Council points out that at least 5 people with a history of being on the move have died in connection with police operations in the past four years.

Aman Alizada in August 2019 in the district of Stade, Mamadou Alpha Diallo in June 2020 in the district of Emsland, Qosay K. in March 2021 in Delmenhorst and Kamal I. in October 2021 in the district of Stade.

On New Year’s Day 2023, a Black man whose name we do not know died in police custody in Braunschweig.

At least three of those killed were in mental distress at the time of their deaths, which was also known to the respective officers, as they were called to help the victims in all three cases.