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Delmenhorst / Oldenburg (dpa / lni) - The death of a 19-year-old after a police operation in Delmenhorst raises many questions.

The public prosecutor's office continues to investigate suspected negligent homicide and failure to provide assistance, as a spokesman for the prosecution in Oldenburg said on Wednesday.

How many police officers and paramedics are accused, he did not want to say.

The 19-year-old's family had filed criminal charges against all police officers and rescue workers involved in the operation for all possible offenses.

According to the public prosecutor's office, there have so far been no reliable indications that the young man's death was caused by someone else.

The forensic medical examinations have not yet been completed.

The police checked the 19-year-old on March 5 in Delmenhorst for possible drug use.

There was an argument in which the officers also used pepper spray.

The 19-year-old collapsed later in the detention cell.

He died in the hospital in Oldenburg a day later.

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While the police are assuming an accident, relatives and friends of the victim are making serious allegations against the police.

In an NDR report, witnesses have their say who report that the 19-year-old was fixed on the floor and a police officer kneeled on him.

Accordingly, the man is said to have screamed in pain and said he was having trouble breathing.

There are also different information about whether the 19-year-old has refused treatment by the alarmed rescue service, as the police announced.

A friend of the victim, who was present at the operation, told the NDR that the 19-year-old wanted to be treated.

The public prosecutor did not want to comment on the allegations and referred to the ongoing investigation.

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NDR report with video