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Hamburg Shooting Leaves Several Dead and Wounded at Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall

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Key takeaways:

  • Several people were killed and wounded in a shooting at a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg, Germany.
  • Hamburg police assume there was one perpetrator.
  • Police found a lifeless person in the community center in GroßBorstel, which they assume could be the perpetrator.

On Thursday evening, a shooting occurred at a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg. According to police spokesman Holger Vehren, several people were killed and wounded in the incident.

The scene of the shooting was the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Kingdom Hall, a modern and boxy three-story building next to an auto repair shop. Hamburg police said early Friday that they assume there was one perpetrator.

Police tweeted early Friday that they had found a lifeless person in the community center in GroßBorstel, which they assume could be the perpetrator. The Associated Press reported that Vehren said several people were taken to hospitals.

The incident is currently under investigation by Hamburg police. No further details have been released at this time.

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