The crisis service had requested help from the police in an acute situation. In the house, the officers came face to face with a man who had a knife in his hand. The man refused to drop the stabbing weapon. The situation escalated, after which the police shot.
The police shot dead a man with a knife in a house on Ruygeplaat in Rozenburg on Friday evening. © JBMedia
The man, the Public Prosecution Service says, stayed in the house. An ambulance and air ambulance were called, but assistance was of no avail. The victim died on the spot.
The National Criminal Investigation Department was called in immediately after the incident and is investigating. This is common when officers are involved in an incident with a fatal outcome. The National Criminal Investigation Department falls under the Public Prosecution Service (OM), the investigation is led by a public prosecutor.
Careful research
When the investigation is completed, the Public Prosecution Service will assess whether the police action was lawful. “The police and the Public Prosecution Service understand that the event raises many questions about what exactly happened. Getting those answers requires careful research. As soon as something can be shared about this, the Public Prosecution Service will do so,” the justice department said.
Young victim in Capelle had a real gun put to his head during the fat bike robbery
It is the second time in a few months that the police have shot someone dead. In September, 15-year-old Jerryson was fatally hit by a bullet at a McDonald’s restaurant in Capelle aan den IJssel. The boy had a working firearm in his hand. Shortly before, he and friends allegedly robbed a peer of a fat bike.
