BERLIN -Several people have been killed or seriously injured in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness church in the northern German city of Hamburg, with the motive for the attack unclear, police said on Thursday. There were no indications that a perpetrator was on the run, a...
The gunman is believed to be among several dead found in the building, police said. “We have no indications of a perpetrator on the run,” a spokesman at the scene said, adding that investigators instead have “indications that a perpetrator may have been in the building and may be even among the dead.”
Germany’s DPA news agency, citing a reporter on the scene, said that local residents in the northern Alsterdorf district of Hamburg had received warnings on their mobile phones of a “life-threatening situation” and that streets had been sealed off. The mayor of Hamburg, a port city, expressed shock. “I extend my deepest sympathy to the families of the victims. The forces are working at full speed to pursue the perpetrators and clarify the background,” tweeted Mr Peter Tschentscher. - REUTERS, AFPAccording to the German Police several people have been killed in a shooting in the northern German city of Hamburg in the Alsterdorf district.Many ambulances and emergency doctors have arrived.
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