Australian police have been heavily criticized after a man was killed by police officers after being tasered in the chest.

Video footage of an incident in 2008 where a man was tasered 13 times for refusing to be strip searched.

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The incident came after video footage was released of another incident in 2008 where an unarmed man at a police station was tasered no less than 13 times after he refused a strip search.

The Australian public and governing bodies have criticized the way the taser gun is being used by authorities and some people have even accused the Australian police force of brutality.

NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione who spoke at a news conference defended the use of the taser gun which led to the death of the man in his 20’s on Monday.

Scipione said that two officers had been called to the home of a female victim who had claimed to have been sexually assaulted.

The officers who went to the front then rear of the house was “confronted by a man” armed with “two knifes“in which “the officers made a split second decision which I believe may have saved their lives” continued Scipione.

Scipione said “One officer armed with a taser was able to discharge the weapon at a close range to disable the offender, had he not been successful I certainly believe the consequences could have been tragic for one or both of the officers.

“The taser camera footage has been reviewed and that footage supports that view.”

However the time of the death could not have been any worse for the Australian police force after another man was killed just 24 hours previous.

Steven Bosevski had died after being sprayed with capsicum spray and hit with a baton by officers after a fight broke out at the St George Leagues Club.

Scipione who also spoke of Mr Bosevski’s death has said the autopsy result shows that Bosevski had not received any “physical injury that could have caused death” by the police officers.

Scipione continued by saying that after reviewing the video footage, “I am confident” the batons were hit on the knees and legs of Mr Bosevski and not on the head or chest.

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