Six people were shot dead at the German Jehovah’s Witnesses center on Dielbogstrasse in Hamburg’s Gross Borstel district

At least six people were shot dead and several wounded in a shocking shooting in the northern German city of Hamburg.

According to Hamburg police, the shooting took place at the Jehovah’s Witnesses center on Dielbogestrasse in the Gross-Borstel district, while a large-scale operation was underway in the Alsterdorf area.

The shooter is said to be on the run.

Ambulances have arrived on the scene and German police are searching for the attackers, local media reported.

“So far there is no reliable information on the motive of the crime,” Hamburg police tweeted.

“Don’t share unsafe assumptions or spread rumors.”

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