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Hamburg gunman: disturbed entrepreneur who penned apocalyptic book

Investigators are still seeking a motive for the attack on Thursday evening, which left eight other people wounded.

HAMBURG: Details are emerging about the gunman who shot dead six Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany, painting a picture of a disturbed businessman who battled paranoia and penned an apocalypse-themed book.

Police identified the killer as Philipp F., a 35-year-old ex-member of the Christian group who targeted the congregation at a Hamburg meeting hall before turning the gun on himself.

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