It is estimated that her attacker may be among the seven dead attack last Thursday night at a Jehovah’s Witnesses venue in the Alsterdorf area in the north Hamburg.

“There are indications that the attacker may be the seventh dead, however there is no certainty yet. But at the moment we can assume that,” said a Hamburg police spokesman, clarifying that the building has since been checked by special forces and is now safe.

🚨BREAKING: 6 dead, many injured following mass shooting in Alsterdorf, Germanypic.twitter.com/QGk7wJHbac

— Breaking News (@NewsJunkieBreak) March 9, 2023

The seventh dead person was found on the second floor of the building, at a distance from the other six dead. All had bullet wounds.

The motive of the perpetrator remains unknown.

Police were alerted last night at 21:15 (local time; 22:15 Greek time) of shots fired in a building where a meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses was in progress.

Officers who arrived on the scene reported another shot as they approached the building. However, they did not shoot, said the police representative.

According to Bild newspaper, at least seven people were killed and another eight injured — two seriously. In the area, which has been cordoned off, a large-scale operation is underway by the police forces, who, in a message through a special application, informed citizens to stay at home and use their phones only in case of emergency, “in order to don’t let the lines collapse.”

His condolences were expressed by the mayor of Hamburg, Peter Chencher, who, among other things, called on citizens to follow the recommendations of the police, while the archdiocese of Hamburg said in a statement that “we are shocked and stunned. We sympathize with those who were injured, the families of the victims and the members of the rescue teams, and we pray for those who lost their lives brutally.”

Die Meldungen aus Alsterdorf / Groß Borstel sind erschütternd. Den Angehörigen der Opfer gilt mein tiefes Mitgefühl. Die Einsatzkräfte arbeiten mit Hochdruck an der Folfolgung des / der Taeter & der Efklärung der Hintergründe. Please note the Hinweise der @PolizeiHamburg. https://t.co/38UcdguLzH

— Peter Tschentscher (@TschenPe) March 9, 2023

🇩🇪 Shooting in a church in Hamburg, Germany. Local media reports at least 30 injured and 6 dead. The perpetrators are on the run.pic.twitter.com/0fZ2J2Kbs5

— SemperFidelis17 (@FidelisSemper17) March 9, 2023

In Hamburg, Germany (Alsterdorf district), at least six people died after shooting at the center of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Local sources can be found around 9:00 pm allowable time. After that, a major police operation began in the area, carried out by the Hamburg police. pic.twitter.com/CRJ1lZhYo4

— Животный мир (@dragon_of_time_) March 9, 2023

In #Hamburg #Germany #Alsterdorf district at least six people died after a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses center. Local sources can be found at around the 9:00 pm time allowed. After that a large police operation began in the area which was carried out by the Hamburg police. pic.twitter.com/8AL5EUzNuR

— Muhammad Saeed (@LordCat1980) March 9, 2023