Shooting took place in Hamburg, six people were killed, several more were injured, RBC reports citing German media. According to the Allgemeine Zeitung, the shooting took place in the center of Jehovah’s Witnesses (an extremist organization banned in Russia) in the Alsterdorf district.
Some of the wounded are reported to be in critical condition. The Hamburger Morgenpost reported that at least six people were killed, seven people were seriously injured, and 17 others received minor injuries.
According to reports, the shooting occurred during an event organized by the church community.
At the same time, according to the RTL TV channel, the police do not observe signs that the shooter has fled. “The police heard another shot,” Holger Veren, a local police officer, told reporters. The shot was fired at the top of the building. Police officers later found one body there. More likely, law enforcement officials assume that the shooter is among the dead.
The territory of the center has been cordoned off by police, and all the circumstances of the incident are being established.
Source: Rosbalt
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