A gunman in Germany shot dead seven people including an unborn child before killing himself at a Jehovah's Witness worship hall in the city of Hamburg, police and prosecutors say.
Police say the 35-year-old gunman was a German citizen and former Jehovah's WitnessThe victims include four men and two women, and an unborn female child
The officials said about 50 people were at an event held in the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall in the Alsterdorf district of the city when the shooting started. Hamburg police chief Ralf Martin Meyer said the man was visited by police after they received an anonymous tip in January, claiming he "bore particular anger toward religious believers, in particular toward Jehovah's Witnesses and his former employer".
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