Hamburg holds service for Jehovah's Witness shooting victims
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A service was held Sunday at the main cathedral in the northern German city of Hamburg for the victims of a deadly shooting at a Jehovah's Witnesses center 10 days earlier.
On March 9, a 35-year-old former member of the congregation, identified only as Philipp F under German privacy norms, shot dead six adults, also killing an unborn child. The gunman then killed himself as police gave chase.
Attendees urged not to give in to cynicism
During Sunday's ecumenical service, Catholic Archbishop Stefan Hesse called on those present at Hamburg's St Peter's Cathedral not to give up hope for a more peaceful world.
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