At least eight people are said to have been killed in a shooting in a gathering place for Jehovah's Witnesses in Hamburg, Germany during Thursday evening. Gregor Miesbach lives near the scene and started filming from his window when he heard gunshots. - When I realized that people might be being killed or seriously injured, I felt a discomfort that it happened here, in front of my door in Altserdorf.
Another witness, who was nearby, describes the act:
- I heard twelve shots at the Jehovah's Witnesses' house and stayed away.
I saw badly injured people and dead people wrapped in plastic bags.
It was bad, really brutal with the twelve shots that were fired, he says.
According to information to SVT Nyheter, the perpetrator is a former member of Jehovah's Witnesses.