Factbox-Gun attacks in Germany in recent years


A woman lays a candle outside a building housing a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, where a deadly shooting took place, in Hamburg, northern Germany, March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

BERLIN (Reuters) - The attack at a Jehovah's Witnesses worship hall in Hamburg, in which a gunman shot dead seven people including an unborn child before killing himself, is Germany's latest shooting in recent years, placing already strict gun laws under further scrutiny.

An overview of major shootings in recent years:

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