Seven People Reportedly Shot Dead, Eight Injured, in ‘Bloodbath’ Church Attack in Hamburg, Germany
Seven people were reportedly shot dead in what is being described as a “bloodbath” in a church in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday evening.
Seven people were reportedly shot dead in what is being described as a “bloodbath” in a church in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday evening.
Russian police on Wednesday announced the detention of an unspecified number of Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW), along with raids on 16 different properties in the Moscow area. The JW religion was banned as “extremism” by a Russian court order in 2017.
The Russian Investigative Committee on Tuesday organized large scale raids against Jehovah’s Witnesses nationwide, resulting in many arrests, Reuters reports.
The Russian government has stepped up its crackdown against Jehovah’s Witnesses, jailing six followers of the Christian denomination on Thursday for “extremism.”