Incident on Mannheimer Planken: Mannheim: Man died in connection with police operations

In Mannheim, a 29-year-old man collapsed in police custody and then died in a clinic. The man's autopsy revealed no evidence of external violence, the public prosecutor's office and police said.

According to the information, callers reported to the police late in the evening of October 2nd that they saw a confused-looking man who was on the road in the area of ​​the plank head, gesticulating wildly and running between vehicles. Passersby are said to have held the man until the police arrived. The 29-year-old was then taken into custody and taken to a police station.

Man dies in hospital

The man had to be resuscitated there for initially unknown reasons. Rescue workers then took the man to a hospital. According to the information, he died there a little later.

The investigation into the exact circumstances of the death as well as further forensic medical investigations into the cause of death are currently ongoing. For reasons of neutrality, the Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office was called in on the night of October 3rd, it was said.