According to journalists, the investigation has no information about the motive for the crime. There are also suggestions that one of the dead is the perpetrator himself.
In the Alsterdorf district of Hamburg, a Jehovah’s Witnesses’ church was shot. As a result of the incident, 7 people died and 8 were injured. Bild writes about it.
It is reported that the first shots were heard after 21:00 local time. According to investigators, there are several seriously injured among the victims. Local residents have been alerted to “extreme danger” through a disaster alert app.
The publication also writes that 17 people were not injured, but they had to be evacuated from the scene in a large ambulance.
“At about 21:15, we started receiving calls that there was shooting. The nearest employees rushed to the temple and heard a shot at the entrance to the building!” a spokesman for the Hamburg police told reporters.
The publication also reports that the seventh deceased was not found on the top floor of the building. Perhaps this is the perpetrator himself, but law enforcement officers are not sure yet. At the same time, there are no signs that the attacker fled either.
It is reported that the police themselves never opened fire. At the moment the situation is calm. Specialists also checked the building for mines. The investigators do not yet have reliable information about the motives for the crimes.
Mayor of Hamburg Peter Tschencher declaredthat what happened shocked him.
“My deepest condolences to the families of the victims. Emergency services are working hard to track down the perpetrator (criminals) and find out the background,” he said.
Recall that in the Russian Federation, the ex-official of the mayor’s office opened fire and demanded to hang several colleagues. A 44-year-old man, who is a member of the United Russia party, recorded a video message to reporters and promised to tell which local officials had been stealing from the city budget for 5 years.
It was also reported that in the United States, a man set fire to a nuclear submarine. 25-year-old shipyard worker Casey James Fury set fire to rags aboard a nuclear submarine, for which the court sentenced him to 17 years in federal prison. The fire turned the ship into a red-hot furnace, 7 people were injured. Damage was estimated at $700 million.
