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A gunman believed to have been acting alone killed several people on Thursday (9 March) in a Jehovah's Witness church in the German city of Hamburg, ...

“I extend my deepest sympathy to the families of the victims. Germany has been shaken by a number of shootings in the last few years. “Police activities in the surrounding area are being successively discontinued.

Report as yet unconfirmed by police says suspect is believed to be a former member of the religious community.

And in 2019, two people were killed after a neo-Nazi tried to storm a synagogue in Halle on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. She said the services at the centre have always been very well attended and that the crowd was a mix of “families, older people, younger people”. Police are working at full speed to pursue the perpetrators and clarify the background.” I send France’s condolences to the families of the victims and to all our German friends. And with the security forces, who have had a difficult deployment.” A coffin was ushered into the Jehovah’s Witnesses centre at 11am on Friday as a crowd of TV cameras and reporters watched on, sheltering under umbrellas from heavy snow.

Shots are fired during a religious service of Jehovah's Witnesses in the north German city of Hamburg, leaving several dead or wounded.

"I extend my deepest sympathy to the families of the victims. "Police activities in the surrounding area are being successively discontinued. "We heard shots," one unidentified witness told reporters. And in 2019, two people were killed after a Neo-Nazi tried to storm a synagogue in Halle on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. "According to the current state of affairs, we assume that there is one perpetrator," police said in a message on Twitter. The Bild newspaper reported on Thursday that seven people were dead and eight wounded in the shooting at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness in the northern city that is home to Germany's biggest port.

Police have launched a major operation in the Germany city after several people were shot inside a building...

Vehren said there was no indication that a shooter was on the run and that it appeared likely that the perpetrator was either in the building or among the dead. Police had no information on the event that was underway in the building when the shooting took place. She said she looked out her window and saw a person running from the ground floor to the second floor of the Jehovah's Witnesses hall. Vehren said police were alerted to the shooting about 9.15pm and were on the scene quickly. In a Twitter update in the early hours Friday, Hamburg police said they believed there was only one shooter and they were gradually rolling back security forces from the area. He said he had no information on the severity of the injuries suffered by the wounded.

At least seven people have been reportedly killed and more than two dozen others injured in a mass shooting incident in northern Germany.

"My deepest condolences to the families of the victims. Those killed have not been identified as forensic investigators worked on the crime scene. They went upstairs and also found a body there" they said. [#Hamburg]'s Gross Borstel district at the Jehovah's Witnesses' Kingdom Hall. A police spokesman said there are early indications "a perpetrator may have been in the building and may be even among the dead". At least seven people have been reportedly killed and more than two dozen others injured in a mass shooting incident in northern Germany.

Hamburg mayor Peter Tschentscher says the attack on a Jehovah's Witness church is "shocking". "My deepest sympathy goes to the relatives of the victims," he ...

Several people were seriously injured, some even fatally," police said on Twitter. "We have no indications of a perpetrator on the run," a police 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." Police alerted people to an "extreme danger" in the area using a catastrophe warning app. Several people have been killed in a shooting in a church in the Gross Borstel district of Hamburg, German police said. "According to first indications, shots were fired in a church in Deelboege street in the Grossborstel district. - Several people have been shot and killed at a church in Hamburg in northern Germany.

Reports that incident took place in a Jehovah's Witness centre with gunman thought to be among the dead.

Police are working at full speed to pursue the perpetrators and clarify the background.” Later, police said that when officers arrived at the scene they found several people seriously injured and some dead. By chance, police from a specialised armed unit were already near the scene when the shooting happened, local media reported. Local residents were told to stay indoors and only to use their phones “in extreme emergency” so as not to overburden the network. Several streets were sealed off and the public warned by text message to avoid the area. [said](https://twitter.com/PolizeiHamburg/status/1633991393667424256?s=20) that they had found a “lifeless person …

Several people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah's Witness centre in Hamburg, with the gunman believed to be among the dead, German police said ...

The spokesman added that the person uncovered in the upper part of the building was "possibly" the perpetrator. Instead, officers have "indications that a perpetrator may have been in the building and may be even among the dead." "We have no indications of a perpetrator on the run," said the police spokesman. Officers heard a shot in the "upper part of the building" before finding a body in the area where it rang out, police said. The alarm for "extreme danger" in the area had been sounded using a catastrophe warning app, and police urged residents to stay indoors. Hamburg (AFP) – Several people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah's Witness centre in Hamburg, with the gunman believed to be among the dead, German police said Thursday.

A former member of the Jehovah's Witness is suspected as being the shooter behind a bloodbath in the German city of Hamburg that killed seven people and ...

As news of the shooting spread, Hamburg police sealed off several streets and urged residents to stay indoors and avoid using their phones unless absolutely necessary. “Then they heard a shot from above, they went upstairs and found one further person.” His body was found inside the building shortly after piece arrived on the scene. However, it’s mother managed to survive the attack. They show a man firing rounds through a window into the hall. Four mean and two women were shot dead, police have said.

Officers were told of concerns about mental health of man who went on to shoot dead four men, two women and an unborn baby.

And in 2019, two people were killed after a neo-Nazi tried to storm a synagogue in Halle on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. The Christian movement, founded in the US in the late 19th century, preaches non-violence and is known for door-to-door evangelism. At 11am on Friday a coffin was ushered into the centre as a crowd of TV cameras and reporters watched on, sheltering under umbrellas from heavy snow. We have not had a mass attack of this magnitude. Hamburg’s senator for interior affairs, Andy Grote, said: “It’s a horrible act. Eight people were injured, four seriously.

He co-operated with officers and there was not enough grounds to take away his gun, police say.

Police said he was co-operative and had an open conversation with the officers. Mourners have left floral tributes near to the front door. In the city of Hamburg, there are believed to be nearly 4,000 members. They account for 5.7 million legal firearms and firearm parts, most of them owned by hunters. Video appeared to show the gunman firing through a window. German Senator Andy Grote said "fast and decisive actions" by police officers saved many lives.

The United States government strongly condemns the senseless act of violence that occurred at a Jehovah's Witnesses hall in Hamburg, Germany, which resulted ...

German police have revealed they visited the home of the man allegedly behind the Hamburg shooting a month before he opened fire and killed seven people ...

Police revealed they had received an anonymous letter outlining concerns that the suspect had "ill feelings" towards the religious community “in particular toward Jehovah’s Witnesses” which he had previously been a part of before leaving "on bad terms". German police visited the Hamburg shooter's home a month ago but found no grounds to confiscate his gun despite receiving a tip-off about his mental health and "ill feelings" toward Jehovah's Witnesses. Police visited Hamburg gunman after receiving anonymous letter warning about his mental health a month before shooting