Some 40 relatives of a female patient who died in a German hospital rioted Sunday and attacked police, dpa reported.
After the woman died in the intensive care unit of the hospital in Iserlohn in the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia of natural causes, relatives are believed to have started kicking in doors and ripping paintings from the walls, police said.
They attacked police called to the scene with wooden slats and broken medical equipment.
Twenty police officers tried for 90 minutes to bring the situation under control.
One officer was injured.