8 dead, 8 injured in Hamburg shooting: police

By Xinhua News Agency On Mar 10, 2023

BERLIN, March 10– Eight people, including the gunman himself, died and eight others were injured in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in the German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, local police said. According to the police, the 35- year-old gunman took his own life after the police arrived. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was stunned by this…

BERLIN, March 10 (Xinhua) — Eight people, including the gunman himself, died and eight others were injured in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in the German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, local police said.

According to the police, the 35-year-old gunman took his own life after the police arrived. He was a former member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation with a valid gun permit, and had left the religious community voluntarily a year and a half ago.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was stunned by this violence. “My thoughts are with the victims and their families in these difficult hours. We mourn for those who were so brutally torn from life,” he said.

The investigations by the public prosecutor’s office and the police are still ongoing, also concerning the perpetrator’s motive. Enditem

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