Investigation after man dies at Gatwick train station
09.02.12
A 33-year-old man who died yesterday after he stabbed himself in the neck with a broken bottle at the Gatwick Airport train station had been tasered by police, the Argus reports. The man was pronounced dead shortly after 03.30 yesterday after self-harming with the glass. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has confirmed it is investigating his death.
The IPCC said officers had deployed the taser as they tried to restrain the man in order to give him first aid. He suffered a serious wound to his neck and was treated by ambulance crews but was later pronounced dead.
Sussex Police first spoke to the man at about 02:50 after reports he had been acting strangely at a shop in the South Terminal. The man spoke in a foreign language, via a telephone interpreter service, and at about 03:25 he was asked to leave the terminal. Officers walked him to the train station concourse where he tried to cut himself. They tried to restrain him but he was later pronounced dead.
The police believe they have identified the man and are trying to trace his family. Investigators from the IPCC are examining the circumstances leading up to his death because of the contact officers had. The station concourse was closed for several hours following the incident.
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