Outcry as Australian police Taser 95-year-old care home resident - BBC News

Care home resident Clare Nowland is not expected to survive the incident, a family friend says.

6 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, SuppliedBy Tiffanie Turnbull and Tom HousdenBBC News, SydneyAn elderly Australian woman with dementia is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after being Tasered by police at a care home.

Officers were called to Yallambee Lodge in Cooma, New South Wales (NSW), after reports that 95-year-old Clare Nowland was carrying a knife.

The early morning incident has sparked outcry, over what advocates say was a disproportionate response.

The New South Wales police chief has said an investigation is under way.

Ms Nowland was found "armed" with a steak knife at the care home - which is in the town of Cooma about 114km (71 miles) south of Canberra - in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Assistant Police Commissioner Peter Cotter told media on Friday.

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