Australia police 'taser' 95-year-old in nursing home

By Agence France-Presse

May 18, 2023 9:10 pm

SYDNEY, Australia: Australian police tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother with dementia inside her nursing home, local media said on Thursday, sending her to the hospital with unspecified injuries.

The woman, identified by the media as Clare Nowland, was reportedly carrying a knife when staff at the Yallambee Lodge home in southern New South Wales state called the police on Wednesday.

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