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Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - How should suicides be reported in order not to encourage copycat criminals?
Is the nationality of the perpetrator mentioned or does it stir up discrimination?
Not only journalists but also police officers face such questions when they write police reports.
The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior now wants to create uniform state-wide standards, at least for the southwest - and has published a press code for the police.
This is intended to make the police's press work more transparent and comprehensible, emphasized Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) on Wednesday in Stuttgart.
For example, caution is required when reporting on suicides and attempting them, according to the rules.
In addition, the nationality of suspects should only be published if “there is an objectively justified public interest in this in an individual case, or at the request of the media”.
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