No exact assessment of the attack, which took place Thursday evening, has not been given at this stage by the police. The mayor presents his “sincere condolences to the families of the victims”.
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Several people were killed in a shooting on the evening of Thursday March 9 at a center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg (Germany), police said. No exact assessment of the attack has been given at this stage by the police. But several media, including the daily Bild (link in German) which evokes a “bain de sang”say the shooting left seven people dead and eight seriously injured.
The police announced overnight on Twitter that they had discovered a body “in a parish house in Gross Borstel and we think it might be an author” shootings. “At this stage, it is assumed that there was only one shooter”they said.
The Federal Office for Civil Protection lifted overnight, shortly after 3 a.m., the official danger alert triggered in the event of an attack to dissuade residents from leaving their homes.
The mayor offers his “sincere condolences to the families of the victims”
Jehovah’s Witnesses had been meeting since 7 p.m. for a weekly Bible study meeting, according to the daily Hamburg evening paper. The police “were called around 9:15 p.m. to report shots fired in the building” of three floors, located in the district of Gross Borstel, north of the second largest city in Germany, reported a police spokesman on the NTV channel. The intervention forces have “entered the building very quickly and found dead and seriously injured people there”, according to this spokesperson.
According to several media, the population of the port city has been warned of a “extreme danger” via the disaster alert app, with police calling to avoid the affected area. “Take shelter immediately in a building”adds the message asking to “only call in the event of an extreme emergency, so as not to overload the lines”. The mayor of the city Peter Tschentscher presents himself “sincere condolences to the families of the victims”, on Twitter (in German).
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