Why Tasers can sometimes fail to subdue targets
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A 64-year-old man wielding a knife continued to advance towards police officers despite the officers firing three Taser shots at him on Wednesday.
As the officers sensed an imminent threat to their safety, one of them shot Ng Eng Kui in the chest with his pistol at Block 33 Bendemeer Road.