Hamburg killer, former member of Jehovah's Witnesses

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Hamburg killer, former member of Jehovah's Witnesses
The police talk about a rampage attack in Hamburg

 

The police categorized the murders in Hamburg in the "Jehovah's Witnesses" community as a rampage. After the murders in Hamburg, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, also reacted.

The gun attack on a Jehovah's Witnesses church in Hamburg is about "a rampage", according to Hamburg's Interior Senator Andy Grote (SPD). Grote said this to reporters in Hamburg. The perpetrator of the murders is also with the dead as well as a seven-month-old unborn baby. "This rampant attack, a murderous crime of this dimension, we did not know this until now", Grote said at the press conference with the police and the prosecutor's office. It is one of the most serious murders in Hamburg in recent times.

The murderer in the Jehovah's Witnesses church in Hamburg is a 35-year-old former member of Jehovah's Witnesses in Hamburg, Philipp F. He himself left this community willingly a year and a half ago, but apparently the separation was with conflicts, the security authorities in Hamburg announced.

The media reports at least 8 dead after the shooting at a church of "Jehovah's Witnesses" in the Altersdorf district of Hamburg. Some people were seriously injured.

Hamburg killer, former member of Jehovah's Witnesses
View of the "Jehovah's Witnesses" community building where the murders took place

According to the police, the perpetrator of the crime is believed to be among the dead. At night, a dead person was found in the building of the "Jehovah's Witnesses" community, who could probably be the perpetrator of the crime, the media reported, referring to police data. The background of the murders in Hamburg is still unclear, but according to data from security circles, the event is categorized as a rampage. The police announced that it is not a question of other killers and that the perpetrator of the crime was alone. But the investigation continues, it is said.

Scholz: Brutal act of violence

Reactions after the murders in Hamburg are shocked. The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, spoke about a "bitter news" from Hamburg. "Several members of the Jehovah community yesterday evening became victims of a brutal act of violence, my thoughts are with them and their relatives, as well as with the security and rescue forces who had a difficult night," Scholz wrote in Twitter.

Even the German Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, expressed her "shock at the terrible violence in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Hamburg". "My thoughts at this difficult hour are with the victims and their families, community members and the security forces." Faeser emphasized that "we are working intensively to discover the background of this act." The mayor of Hamburg, Pete Tschentscher writes that the announcements from Alsterdorf are shocking. "My deepest condolences to the relatives of the victims." The security forces are working with high intensity to clarify the incident, Tschentscher wrote.

Even the community of "Jehovah's Witnesses" has expressed shock after the murders in Hamburg. "Our deep pain is for the families of the victims as well as the traumatized witnesses," said a spokesman for the religious community on Friday night. We are doing our best to stand by with psychological help to the community in the country in this difficult hour, said the spokesman of "Jehovah's Witnesses".

A mass was being held at the Jehovah's center on Thursday night. The shots were heard around 9:00 p.m. The rescue forces and the police were a few minutes later at the scene./ DW


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