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Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - For the first time in North Rhine-Westphalia, one of the police's new electro-shock weapons, a so-called taser, was used on Sunday.
According to the police, a young man in Düsseldorf threatened to take his own life on Saturday evening.
In order to prevent the suicide near the American Consulate General, officials then used the taser, a police spokeswoman said on Sunday.
The man was briefly unable to act due to the electrodes.
He was reportedly unharmed in a psychiatric clinic.
The police in North Rhine-Westphalia are currently testing the use of tasers with 70 devices for a year.
Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) presented the project in Dortmund in mid-January.
The selected locations are Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund and in the Rhein-Erft district.
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210124-99-148504 / 2
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