The police in Hamburg confirm on Twitter that several people are dead, and several are seriously injured. The RTL website writes that six people are dead and that several are injured. Among the injured, two are said to be seriously injured. RTL also writes that the perpetrator may be among those killed. Bild.de writes that seven are dead and at least eight injured. Focus Online writes that the fire service reports six deaths. These are currently unconfirmed messages. Heavily armed police in the area where the shooting happened. Photo: Jonas Walzberg / AP Shooting at the Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation The incident took place in the district of Alsterdorf, which is located in the north of the city, at around 9pm on Thursday evening. According to German police, shots have been fired at an assembly hall belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses. The congregation must dispose of the entire building in question. When the police arrived at the scene, they reportedly heard a shot from one of the upper floors of the building. The police confirm to RTL that they found a person in the upper part of the building. There are currently no signs that a perpetrator is still on the run. The emergency services are more likely to assume that the shooter is among the dead, writes RTL. The police have cordoned off a large area around the street Deelböge where the shooting is said to have taken place. A large area around the crime scene has been cordoned off. Photo: Jonas Walzberg / DPA Residents warned in emergency SMS Several hospitals in the area have been put on alert. Residents in the area are said to have received an SMS notification from the authorities about “extreme danger”. They are asked not to leave their apartments. In the message, the police write to the residents: “Seek cover in a building as soon as possible”, and “Only call us in an extreme emergency, so that the telephone capacity does not collapse”. The motive for the shooting is not known, the police said. They ask that people do not spread unconfirmed messages or rumours, or speculate about the motive. The shooting is said to have hit an assembly hall belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses. Photo: Jonas Walzberg / DPA Near the Seamen’s Church Anna Lina Gundersen, who works in the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Hamburg, is shaken by the shooting. – This is absolutely shocking. It’s happening just 20 minutes away from Sjømannskirken, Gundersen tells news. She is a diaconal employee at Sjømannskirken. She says that she has little insight into what is happening, but follows the news. Hunt for perpetrators According to the German media, the perpetrator or perpetrators are at large. Large police forces are now looking for the person or persons behind the shooting. Heavily armed police are searching the area. Photo: Jonas Walzberg / DPA According to the Hamburger Morgenpost, several doctors are at the scene to administer first aid. Several receive treatment on the streets. Large police forces, ambulances and fire services are on the scene. News of the shots must have reached the emergency services around 9 p.m. when the emergency center received several calls reporting shootings.
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