Deaths, Injuries in Shooting Inside Hamburg Church, German Police Say
Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah's Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said.
The shooting took place in the Gross Borstel district, a few kilometers north of the downtown area of Germany's second-biggest city. “We only know that several people died here; several people are wounded, they were taken to hospitals,” police spokesman Holger Vehren said.Get Chicago local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox.Local media footage showed a big police presence outside the Jehovah's Witnesses' Kingdom Hall, a modern three-story building.
Vehren said police were alerted to the shooting about 9:15 p.m. and were on the scene quickly. He said that after officers arrived, they heard a shot from an upper floor and found a person upstairs who may have been a shooter. He said police did not have to use their firearms. Vehren said there was no immediate indication that a shooter was on the run and that it appeared likely that the perpetrator or perpetrators were either in the building or among the dead.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
'Several' dead in shooting in German city of HamburgBREAKING: Shooting in northern German city of Hamburg leaves at least six people dead and several more wounded, local media report
Lire la suite »
Germany: Deaths, injuries in shooting inside Hamburg churchPolice said the shooting took place in the Gross Borstel district, a few kilometers north of the downtown area of Germany’s second-biggest city.
Lire la suite »
Germany: Deaths, injuries in shooting inside Hamburg churchBERLIN (AP) — Shots were fired inside a church in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday night, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said. Police said on Twitter that the shooting took place in the Gross Borstel district, a few kilometers (miles) north of the downtown area of Germany's second-biggest city.
Lire la suite »
Germany: Deaths, injuries in shooting inside Hamburg churchGerman police say that shots were fired inside a church in the northern city of Hamburg on Thursday night and that an unspecified number of people were killed and seriously wounded.
Lire la suite »
Shooting at Jehovah's Witness hall in Hamburg causes deathsBERLIN (AP) — Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah's Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said.
Lire la suite »