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2023 Hamburg shooting | |
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Location | Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, on Deelbögestrasse, Hamburg, Germany |
Coordinates | 53°36′09″N 09°59′25″E / 53.60250°N 9.99028°E |
Date | 9 March 2023 c. 9:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+01:00) |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shooting, murder–suicide |
Weapon | Heckler & Koch P30 |
Deaths | 8 (including the perpetrator and an unborn child) |
Injured | 8 |
Perpetrator | Philipp Fusz |
On 9 March 2023, a mass shooting occurred at a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Alsterdorf quarter, Hamburg, Germany. The shooter, identified as Philipp Fusz, entered the building during a service and opened fire, killing six adults and an unborn child, and injuring eight others. Fusz, a former Jehovah's Witness, killed himself minutes later. He had no criminal record and was not a known extremist. Police received an anonymous letter indicating he was angry at Witnesses and his former employer, which may help them determine a motive.