Man tasered 28 times before dying

6/17/09 • ABC News Australia

A north Queensland man who died after officers used a Taser on him was stunned more than 20 times, police say. The 39-year-old man died during a violent struggle with police at Brandon, south of Townsville, last Friday. Police initially told media the man was tasered several times.They now say data downloaded from the 50,000 volt Taser gun shows it went off 28 times before the man collapsed and died.

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