Killed in police intervention
A man was killed during a police operation on Thursday evening in the peaceful Bernese Oberland station. Residents are in shock.
The facts took place in this chalet.
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Police intervention ended with death of man, Thursday evening in Adelboden. The police were called because of the “suspicious behavior” of an apparently armed individual in a building and the suicidal comments he made. When the officers entered the room in which the madman was entrenched, an “imminently dangerous situation” forced a police officer to use his service weapon. The man died on the spot despite the intervention of an emergency doctor.
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Two days after the incident, nothing reminds of the drama in this district which overlooks the center of the Bernese Oberland resort. Locals work in their garden or garage, others take advantage of the weekend to stroll or chat with their neighbors. Most of them prefer not to talk about the incident.
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A discreet and talkative individual
A village resident who was walking her dog says she learned about the case from the media. “Of course I was shocked,” she admits. Aside from a scooter accident, nothing ever happens here in Adelboden ”. The same goes for the owner of a second home, surprised “that such a thing could happen in a safe and quiet village”.
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“I saw the police approaching from the balcony and later a drone circling over the house,” said a man living nearby. He did not know the victim, who had moved in only a few weeks ago. Information confirmed by another resident, who admits having heard the gunshot. “These kinds of things touch you deeply,” she says, even though she didn’t know the victim personally. “He was someone very discreet who didn’t want to talk to people.”
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