Multiple deaths have been reported in A shooting incident at the center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Northern Germany city of German police said Thursday.
The police haven’t yet give a death Toll, but local multiplayer media The media reported that the shooting was left Seven dead eight seriously injured, with The gunman thinks he’s among dead.
the first It was an emergency call made Around 8:15pm GMT after the shots rang out out In the building in The cityNorthern region of Police spokesman Gross Borstel said at the scene.
The police tweeted, “Several people They were seriously injured, some of them were even fatal.” in the incident.
“At the moment there is nothing to count on information on motivation of the crime’ said the police, urging people Unpredictability.
alarm clock for “Maximum danger” in the area had looked using disaster warning Application, but the German Federal Office for Civil Protection lifted it shortly after 3 a.m. local time.
Hamburg police tweeted early Friday: “Police action in surrounding medium area It is being phased out. Background investigations of the crime They continue.”
The port city’s mayor, Peter Chencher, expressed shock at the shooting on Twitter.
He expressed sympathy for the families of the victims and said the emergency services were doing their best to clarify the situation.
Study the Bible group
In a non-descriptive, three-story buildingPolice said a event was taking place Thursday evening.
Jehovah’s Witnesses met for A weekly Bible study meeting, according to the local daily newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt.
There are about 175,000 people in Germany, including 3,800 in hamburg, who They are Jehovah’s Witnesses, which is an American Christian movement set up in late nineteenth century Who calls for non-violence and known for Missionary from door to door.
the first Officers at the scene found Several dead bodies and seriously injured people, the police said.
Hamburger Appendblatt reported that 17 people were unharmed who there was eventhe was attending fire the band.
The officers heard a gunshot in the upper part of the buildingbefore finding body in the area Where the police rang out.
“We have no indications of culprit on The run, said the police spokesman.
Instead, the officers “have indications that the perpetrator may have been.” in the building Maybe even between dead. “
speaker added revealed by the person in the upper part of the building was “probably” the culprit.
“we’ve got found lifeless person in a community center in (Gross Borstel) who we assume may have been the perpetrator of the crime,” Hamburg police tweeted early Friday morning.
According to Al current state of affairssuppose there is one the police said in Separate tweet.
Hit with attacks
Germany has experienced several terrorist attacks in Last few years.
Among the deadliest was truck Rampage at Christmas in Berlin market in December 2016 killed 12 people people.
Tunisian striker A failed Asylum seeker was in favor of ISIS terrorist group.
The largest country in Europe by population remains Goal for ISIS-like terrorist groups because of Share it in Fighting ISIS coalition in Iraq and Syria.
Between 2013 and 2021, Nr of Terrorists are considered dangerous in The country has quadrupled to 615, according to Interior Ministry data.
But Germany has it also He was hit Several attacks by the far right in Recent years, sparking accusations that government You weren’t doing enough to seal out Neo-Nazi violence.
In February 2020, a far-right shot dead 10 people and injuring five others in Central Germany city of Hanau.
And in 2019, two people They were killed after a neo-Nazi attempted to storm a synagogue in Haley on The Jew holiday of Yom Kippur.
