List of killings by law enforcement officers in post-reunification Germany
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Listed below are people killed by non-military law enforcement officers in Germany after reunification on 3 October 1990, whether or not in the line of duty, irrespective of reason or method. Included, too, are cases where individuals died in police custody due to applied techniques. Inclusion in the list implies neither wrongdoing nor justification on the part of the person killed or the officer involved. The listing simply documents occurrences of deaths and is not complete.
| Year | Number killed by use of firearms | Number killed by any means
(counted)[clarification needed] |
Number of shots fired on persons[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7 (post-reunification) | At least 64 | |
| 1991 | 9 | 271 | |
| 1992 | 12 | 315 | |
| 1993 | 16 | 307 | |
| 1994 | 11 (including Halim Dener) | 268 | |
| 1995 | 21 | 221 | |
| 1996 | 11 | 163 | |
| 1997 | 13 | 172 | |
| 1998 | 8 | At least 13 | |
| 1999 | 19 | At least 57[4][5] | |
| 2000 | 6 | 52[5] | |
| 2001 | 8[6] | 68[7] | |
| 2002 | 7 | 42[8] | |
| 2003 | 3 | 44[9] | |
| 2004 | 9 | 63[9] | |
| 2005 | 5 | 37[10] | |
| 2006 | 6 | At least 27[11] | |
| 2007[12] | 12[13] | 46 | |
| 2008[14] | 10 | 37 | |
| 2009[15] | 6 | 57[16] | |
| 2010[17] | 8 | 47 | |
| 2011[18][19] | 6 | 36[20] (+109)[21] | |
| 2012[22] | 8 | 36[23] | |
| 2013[1] | 8 | 42[23] | |
| 2014[24] | 7 | 51[25] | |
| 2015[26] | 11 | 13 | 41[27] |
| 2016[26] | 13 | 52[28] | |
| 2017[26] | 16 | 75[28] | |
| 2018 | 11 | 56[28] | |
| 2019[29] | 15[30] | 19 | 62 |
| 2020[31] | 15 | 20 | 75 |
| 2021[32] | 8 | 15 | 51 |
| 2022[32] | 11 (e.g. Mouhamed Dramé) | 18 | 60 |
| 2023[32] | 10 | 14 | 65[33] |
| 2024 | 22 | 74[34] | |
| 2025 | 17 (e.g. Lorenz A.) | ||
| 2026 | 2 | ||
| Sum | 387 minimum | 2452 |
Figures before 1978 can not be compared directly to later numbers. A list of police killings was first compiled 1997; owing to a legal 20-year document retention limit, some files may have been destroyed. Additionally, the numbers here do not include suicides.