SYDNEY: Australian police tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother with dementia inside her nursing home, local media said Thursday (May 18), sending her to hospital with unspecified injuries. The woman, identified by media as Clare Nowland, was reportedly carrying a knife when staff at the Yallambee Lodg
SYDNEY: Australian police tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother with dementia inside her nursing home, local media said Thursday , sending her to hospital with unspecified injuries.
She"sustained injuries during an interaction with police at an aged care facility", New South Wales state police said in a statement, which made no mention of a Taser being fired."A critical incident team will now investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident," the statement added.Police declined to give further details.
Snowy Monaro Regional Council said it"can confirm an incident occurred" at the nursing home, which it runs. The council declined further comment, citing the police investigation and"out of respect for the privacy of those involved".
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