Hamburg shooting: attack at Jehovah’s Witness hall leaves seven dead and dozens wounded in Germany

Chancellor Olaf Scholz denounce brutal act' as police search for motive for mass shooting in northern city

Germany's chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has denounced a brutal act of violence" after a shooting that reportedly left at least seven people dead and dozens injured at a Jehovah's Witness centre in Hamburg on Thursday night. The police said the gunman was believed to be dead and that the motive remained unclear.

Scholz said his thoughts were with the victims, while the Jehovah's Witnesses community in Germany said its members had been targeted in a horrific attack".