At a glance: Jehovah’s Witness beliefs, history in Germany
Editor’s Note: The Jehovah’s Witnesses had their world headquarters for almost half a century in Brooklyn Heights.
A gunman attacked a service held by his former congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses at their worship hall on Thursday night, killing six people and injuring eight before taking his own life in the northern German city of Hamburg, officials said.
The international Christian denomination founded in the United States has a more than 100-year history in Germany. Today, about 170,000 members call the European country home, according to the denomination’s website.