A 95-year-old girl with dementia has died after being tasered by police in her nursing residence

• A 95-year-old girl in Australia has died after being tasered by police in her nursing residence. 
• Police stated Clare Nowland was holding a knife after they entered, and officers tasered her twice. 
• She fell to the ground, sustained crucial accidents, and was within the hospital for the previous week.

A 95-year-old girl in Australia had died after she was tasered by law enforcement officials in her nursing residence in New South Wales. 

The New South Wales Police introduced on Wednesday that Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother affected by dementia, had handed away.

“Mrs Nowland handed away peacefully in hospital simply after 7pm this night, surrounded by household and family members who’ve requested privateness throughout this unhappy and troublesome time,” the police stated on Fb. 

Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter informed reporters the police had been known as to the Yallambee Lodge care residence in Cooma — round 70 miles south of Canberra — on Could 17. They’d obtained reviews of a resident holding a knife, per CNN.

After they arrived, officers noticed Nowland carrying a strolling stick and a knife, per Cotter. 

“On the time she was tasered, she was approaching police. It’s honest to say at a gradual tempo. She had a strolling body. However she had a knife,” Cotter informed reporters.

She was tasered twice, as soon as within the entrance and as soon as from the again, and was bruised from either side, a pal of her household, Andrew Thaler, informed The Canberra Instances. 

She spent the previous week within the hospital, along with her eight youngsters and dozens of grandchildren and great-grandchildren taking turns to be by her aspect, Thaler informed CNN. 

“This girl could not stand with no strolling support. She’s not that sturdy,” Thaler stated to CNN, including that she stood at a top of 5 ft and weighed solely 95 kilos. 

Nowland had been a resident of the nursing residence for 5 years earlier than the incident, and was described by a neighborhood priest as a “stunning soul.” She was additionally adventurous, and sky dived on the age of 80 to rejoice her birthday, per The Canberra Instances. 

The nursing residence didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s requests for remark. The police declined to remark.