Several people shot dead at Hamburg Jehovah’s Witness hall
By DW
10 March 2023 |
12:39 pm
A shooting occurred at a Jehovah's Witnesses hall in Hamburg, Germany's second-largest city. Eight people, including the shooter, died of gunshot wounds and a number of others were injured, according to police.
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