Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 09 Mar 2023, 10:51 pm Print
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Hamburg: At least six people died in a shooting incident at a Jehovah's Witness meeting hall in the German city of Hamburg.
Police said the motive behind the attack is still not known.
A large number of people were also injured in the incident.
Police said they found a dead person at the scene who they believe may have been a perpetrator and investigations are continuing, reports BBC.
Hamburg's Interior Minister, Andy Grote, said on Twitter that police special forces and a large number of officers had been deployed to the scene.
What is Jehovah's Witnesses?
Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity.
Jehovah's Witnesses are directed by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, a group of elders in Warwick, New York, United States, which establishes all doctrines based on its interpretations of the Bible.
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