Several dead and wounded after a shooting in Hamburg, Germany

The Hamburg Police confirmed several deaths and injuries this Thursday after a shooting at a church in the Gross Borstel neighborhood, after which the authorities have launched a "major police operation."

According to the information shared by the German public broadcasting DW, the shooting took place in a center of Jehovah's Witnesses, where the Police "with a large contingent of forces" have moved.

Although the authorities have not confirmed official figures, the aforementioned German station includes the testimony of a police spokesman who does point out that "all the dead have gunshot wounds."

The Hamburg Police have highlighted on their official Twitter profile that for the moment "there is no reliable information on the motive for the crime", and has urged the population not to disseminate information that may be false.

Likewise, the local authorities have appealed to the residents of the area to leave their homes within the framework of the police operation, which at the moment does not have information on any suspect who has fled.