BERLIN — Several people were dead and several more injured in a shooting in a Jehovah’s Witness hall in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday night, in what appears to be a rare mass shooting in the country.
The police, including tactical units, were on the scene late Thursday, and the injured were rushed to local hospitals.
Little was immediately known about the assailant or assailants. A police spokesman indicated that an attacker had not been found and might be among the dead.
“All we know is that several people died here and that several people have been injured and have been brought to hospitals,” Holger Vehren, a Hamburg police spokesman, said.
There had been an event at the hall at the time of the shooting, and many abandoned winter jackets could be seen hanging in the foyer of the three-story building in local news footage.
The police were first called to the scene at 9:15 p.m. local time. When they arrived just several minutes later, they found the dead and the wounded and heard a final shot on the upper floor, Mr. Vehren said. When police forces searched the building, however, they did not find an active shooter.
“We have no indication that a subject is on the loose; rather we have indications that a subject is either still in the building or among the dead,” said Mr. Vehren.
Nevertheless, authorities issued a warning asking people to avoid the area and stay indoors.
The assault happened in Gross Borstel, a mixed commercial and residential neighborhood between Hamburg’s downtown and the airport.
Tinggalkan Balasan