Moments of great fear in Germany where last night Seven people were shot dead in a Jehovah’s Witnesses church, in the city of Hamburg. Someone shot in the hand-to-hand combat during a meeting and according to the picture, eight other people present were seriously injured in the building at that time and taken to the hospital in the balance sheet of this tragic night in the district of Altendorf.
THE ALARM
The police, who quickly intervened on site, raised the alarm and asked residents of the area and neighboring parts of the city to stay inside. First it was said that the “alarm” was “in progress” and that there was “extreme danger” on the streets of the Hanseatic city. At first it was actually feared that one or more people had been hit and then fled. In the hours that followed, a police spokesman clarified that there was no evidence to confirm this fear, and the alarm was canceled.
THE INVESTIGATION
Investigators classified the incident as an “amoktat,” a term used to describe the crazy gesture of those shooting into the crowd. And now they believe that the perpetrator of the massacre could be among the victims: “But we don’t have 100% security, that’s checked,” the spokesman explained again. “We were alerted at 9:15 p.m. and as we were very close to the building, we quickly arrived at the scene,” the police official statement said. “The agents who entered the three-story building heard another shot. And a man was found upstairs, who later died.” It is not clear what kind of meeting took place in the church where mass is held exactly in the evenings twice a week.
“The news of the shootings in the church of Jehovah’s Witnesses is shocking,” Mayor Peter Tschenscher commented on Twitter, expressing “deep condolences to the victims and their families.” “The police are working flat out on the investigation,” he assured. The Archdiocese also expressed its condolences: “In Hamburg, more people were victims of a brutal crime. There is still a lot to be clarified. We are shocked. And let’s pray together torn from life.”
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