At least six people have been killed in a shooting in a church in Hamburg, Germany, local media say.
According
to Hamburg police, the shooting took place at a church on Deelböge
street in the Gros Borstel district. Local media identified the location
as a Jehovah's Witness centre.
It is not clear if there was one or more shooters, but a large-scale operation has been launched.
Footage shows police escorting people out of the centre, some to ambulances.
An
alert was sent on the federal warning app, NINAwarn, at around 21:00
(20:00 GMT) telling locals that "one or more unknown perpetrators shot
at people in a church".
Residents nearby were told not to leave their homes amid the ongoing operation.
In
a statement on Twitter police said "there is no reliable information on
the motive for the crime" and they appealed to the public not to share
assumptions or to spread rumours.
