Police forces at the scene of the terrorist attack
DANIEL REINHARDT / AFP
Police forces at the scene of the terrorist attack
According to police, seven people were killed in the attack.
DANIEL REINHARDT / AFP
According to police, seven people were killed in the attack.
In 2016, another attack killed 12 in the country
DANIEL REINHARDT / AFP
In 2016, another attack killed 12 in the country
In an apparent exchange of fire in a church in the northern port city of Hamburg, seven people lost their lives. Germany, informed the magazine Der Spiegel this Thursday (9). Police are currently conducting an operation in the area of the incident.
“A largescale police operation is currently being carried out in Alsterdorf. According to initial information, shots were fired at a church on Deelbögestrasse in the Großborstel district. Several people were seriously injured, some died. Many members of the law enforcement officers are on site”, a district in the north of the city, the local police said chirp.
Filming took place at 9:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m.). Brazil), the company reported, adding that “one or more” gunmen carried out the attack. In an alert, the police warned the population of an “extreme danger” in the area.
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According to the authorities, local residents must remain protected and the streets of the church have been cordoned off. The police did not provide precise information about the victims, but according to the German press there were six dead.
Also, the perpetrator of the attack could be among those killed, police added.
“There are indications that one of the perpetrators of the attack could be in the building and possibly even among the dead,” a police spokesman told NTV.
The Bild newspaper spoke of a “bloodbath” and reported that the attack had taken place “in a church of Jehovah’s Witnesses”.