Psychiatric patient dies after police use Taser to pacify him

A patient admitted to the psychiatric ward of Olomouc Teaching Hospital is reported to have died after attacking a paramedic and being pacified by the police. The man was admitted late on Thursday and his condition is reported to have worsened during the night. He started demolishing the hospital room and attacked a paramedic who came to tranquilize him. Police officers called to the scene allegedly used a Taser on the patient. He died shortly after. The incident is being investigated by the police’s internal affairs unit GIBS.