Seven dead in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness center in Hamburg
The Police, who still do not know the reason for the attack, believe that the attacker is among the deceased. There are eight other people injured.
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The police have cordoned off the area. Photo: EFE
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Euskaraz irakurri: Zazpi pertsona hil dira Hanburgon, Jehovaren lekukoen zentro batean izandako tiroketan
seven people have died and eight have been injured tonight in a local of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in the German city of hamburg (north of the country) after a shooting. The shooter is believed to be among those killed.
The Police, who are still investigating the facts, have announced that they will offer a press conference at noon today to communicate the information that is known.
Security forces have received reports of a shooting after 9:00 p.m. local time and a police patrol that was in the vicinity of the religious temple, in the neighborhood of Gross Borstelsouth of the city’s airport, has come to the scene.
The agents have heard some shots and, according to a police spokesman, Holger Vehren, “there are indications that a perpetrator is eventually at the scene and that he is one of the deceased.” Initially it has been reported that one or more of the perpetrators may have fled.
Around midnight, the police have asked the population through social networks to refrain from disseminating “discussions about the perpetrators or the event” and have reported that there is still no “certain information” about the reason for the shooting.
Police forces have cordoned off the area near the site and special forces have been deployed, according to local media, which have indicated that the deployment has affected the neighborhoods of Groß Borstel, Alsterdorf and Eppendorf.
The three-story building is located on Deelböge street and local media have reported that members of Jehovah’s Witnesses meet twice a week at the Kingdom Hall.
Source: Eitb

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