Perpetrator believed to be among the dead, police say, after seven reported killed and dozens injured in shooting at Jehovah’s Witness centre
This photo shows police patrolling the building after the shooting:
Special police walks inside the building after at least six people are dead and several more injured in a shooting in the northern German city of Hamburg, Germany, 9 March 2023.Police officers attend at the scene of a shooting that has left at least six people dead and four wounded in Alsterdorf district, on 9 March 2023 in Hamburg, Germany.Police and rescue workers at the site of a shooting in Hamburg, Germany on 9 March 2023.
“We have no indications of a perpetrator on the run,” a police spokesperson 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.” The Hamburg police say that there is currently “no reliable information about the motive for the crime”.
The police said on a Twitter post, “So far, there is no reliable information on the motive for the crime. We ask that you do not share unsecured assumptions and/or spread rumours.”Residents must stay indoors and avoid the area, police said, adding that streets surrounding the church have been cordoned off.“The reports from Alsterdorf / Groß Borstel are shocking. My deepest condolences to the families of the victims,” he said.
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