Gun attack on a church in hamburgGermany, who settled with eight deadincluding an unborn child, was the work of Philip F.35-year-old former Jehovah’s Witness who cowardly fired several shots from a window, shows video and then he committed suicide.
The new footage is dramatic and appears to show the suspect firing multiple shots. through a window in the temple corridor.
All killed They were German citizens.
Police received a call Thursday around 21:15 local time (17:15 in Argentina) that shots had been fired at the building in Deelböge street, Gross Borstel district, police spokesman Holger Vehren said.
Officers who entered the temple of Jehovah’s Witnesses were met with carnage: corpses on the floor and seriously injured people.
Police identified the attacker on Friday as an investigation continued.
Who was Philipp F., the attacker
He was a former member of the Witness community, with which he had conflicts, he said.
“Philipp F. was a former member” of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a senior police officer told reporters, adding that the attacker left the community about 18 months ago, “apparently, not on good terms“.
After the massacre he committed suicide. He took his own life when the police arrived and used a gun for which he had a permit to kill.
“The attacker fled to the first floor of the building and committed suicide there, so let’s talk in total eight deadThis was stated by Hamburg city councilor for the interior, Andy Grote, at a press conference.
When officers entered the building, which was used by Jehovah’s Witnesses, they immediately saw how an individual with a firearm fled upstairsconfirmed the director of the police operation, Mathias Tresp.
Subsequently, they found “a lifeless man with a lethal wound and a firearm next to him,” said Tresp, who stressed that swift police action managed to “isolate” the attacker from his victims and it prevented any more deaths from happening. .
The representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office and the Police Criminal Investigation Office indicated for their part that the attacker of German nationality, he had no criminal record of any kind and had a firearms license such as sports shooter.
For the crime he used the gun that was registered in his name and they met at his house more boxes with ammunition. Additionally, the police seized electronic devices which are still being investigated.
While the motivation for the attack is yet to be clarified, there is no indication that there is any political backgroundbut rather that the authorities have indicated a possible personal dispute, although they did not go into detail.
Philipp P. left the religious community about a year and a half ago, “voluntarily but not in good manners”, according to the spokesman for the Criminal Investigation Bureau, Thomas Radzuweit, although information on the circumstances of his departure at the moment they are contradictory.
The seven victims of the attack are four men and two womenaged between 33 and 60 and all of German nationality as well an unborn child seven months pregnant. None of them were related to the attacker.
Eight people were injured and four of them remain in serious condition for the moment, including six of German nationality, as well as a Ugandan and a Ukrainian woman.
The events occurred when about fifty Jehovah’s Witnesses had gathered to celebrate a religious function.
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