Several people killed, wounded in shooting at German Jehovah’s Witnesses building
Police in Germany said the shooting took place in a district north of downtown Hamburg at a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses Thursday evening.
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Several killed in shooting at church in northern German city of Hamburg
Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said.
Several killed and others injured after shooting at church in Hamburg
Shooting took place in Gross Borstel district
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