The Chancellor said he was “shattered” by the attack which affected the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Thursday, March 9. At least seven people are said to have died.
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LGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz addressed his “thoughts” on Friday March 10 to the victims of the shooting at a religious center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg and to their relatives, deploring in a tweet “a brutal act of violence”. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser also reacted on Twitter saying she was “shattered by the terrible act of violence perpetrated in a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg”.
A little earlier, the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses had confirmed an attack against “its members” which occurred “after a religious service”, in a district located north of the large port metropolis. In a statement, the organization said it was “deeply saddened”.
German police are investigating on Friday a shooting that left several dead and seriously injured at a Jehovah’s Witnesses center in Hamburg (north), without the exact toll or the circumstances of the crime being known at this stage. Several media, including the daily Bild who spoke of a “bloodbath”, claimed that the shooting which occurred Thursday evening would have left seven dead and eight seriously injured. The Hamburg police had not yet provided any figures on Friday morning. A press conference is scheduled for midday.
Bad news out #Hamburg. Several members of a Jehovah’s Church fell victim to a brutal act of violence last night. My thoughts are with them and their families. And with the security forces, who have had a difficult deployment behind them.
— Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (@Bundeskanzler) March 10, 2023
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