Several killed after deadly shooting in German Church

Several people were killed as shots were fired inside Jehovah's Witnesses' Kingdom Hall in Hamburg. (Reuters)

The Bild newspaper reported that seven people were dead and eight wounded in the shooting. (Reuters)

Police said they were alerted of the shooting at about 9:15 pm (German time) on Thursday. (AP)

It is likely that the perpetrator was either in the building or among the dead, police said. (Reuters)

Germany has of late been shaken by a number of shootings. (Reuters)

In 2020, nine people were killed in the Hanau shooting. (Reuters)

In 2019, two people died when a gunman opened fire outside a synagogue in Halle on Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. (Reuters)