At least six people are killed and several injured after a gunman opens fire in a shooting in Hamburg

At least six people have been killed and several injured after a gunman opened fire at a church in Germany.

Police are chasing gunmen in the northern German city following the shooting ‘at a center for Jehovah’s Witnesses’ in Hamburg.

Armed police were on the scene along with paramedics and other emergency services.

Hamburg police said: ‘According to initial findings, a shot was fired in a church on Deelböge street in the GroßBorstel district.

‘Several people were seriously injured, some fatally. We are on site with a large contingent of forces.

Police are chasing the gunmen in the northern German city following the shooting.

Armed police were on the scene along with paramedics and other emergency services.

Armed policemen are currently searching the streets of the German city for the gunmen.

Hamburg police said: “According to initial findings, a shot was fired in a church on Deelböge street in the GroßBorstel district.”

Police added: ‘Several people were seriously injured, some fatally. We are on site with a large contingent of forces’

Police said on Twitter that a large operation was underway in the city’s Alsterdorf district.

“So far there is no reliable information on the motive for the crime.”

Police previously said on Twitter that a large operation was underway in the neighboring Alsterdorf district.

The area is a few miles north of the city center of Hamburg, which is the second largest city in Germany.

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