8 dead in shooting at Jehovah’s Witness center in Germany
BERLIN (AA) – Eight people were killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness center in Germany, authorities said on Friday.
The shooter, identified as 35-year-old Philipp F., fired at people during a worship service in the northern city of Hamburg on Thursday evening.
The gunman was a former member of the religious community, and he apparently killed himself after police entered the building, Thomas Radszuweit, from the State Office of Criminal Investigation, told a news conference in Hamburg.
Philipp F. did not have any criminal record and was the legal owner of a gun, he added.
The shooter killed four men, two women, and an unborn baby, at the Jehovah’s Witness center, according to the police. Eight others were wounded in the attack.
More than a dozen people were evacuated unharmed from the building.
Authorities have not indicated a motive for the shooting, but said investigations are ongoing.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed sorrow for the victims. “Several members of a Jehovah’s community fell victim to a brutal act of violence last night. My thoughts are with them and their families,” he said on Twitter.
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