[ハンブルク ９日 ロイター] – A shooting incident occurred at a church of “Jehovah’s Witnesses” in Hamburg, northern Germany, on the 9th, resulting in multiple deaths and serious injuries. local police said. The motive is unknown.
One of the dead is a possible suspect. The exact number of deaths has not been disclosed.
Seven people were killed and eight wounded, German newspaper Bild reported, citing police officials.
According to a police spokesperson, the report was received after 9:00 pm local time (5:00 am on the 10th Japan time), and when they rushed to the scene, they found several seriously injured and dead people.
Hamburg police said on Twitter that one of the dead could be a suspect and that “we are investigating thoroughly to rule out the involvement of multiple suspects”.
A journalist at the scene told the DPA news agency that roads had been blocked in the Alsterdorf district north of Hamburg and warnings were sent to residents’ mobile phones about a “life-threatening situation”.
Hamburg’s mayor tweeted his condolences to the families of the victims and said that “the authorities are doing everything in their power to trace the perpetrators and find out their background.”
