Brother of Jehovah’s Witness Sagittarius had warned against him

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In early March, Philipp F.* († 35), heavily armed, stormed a meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg, killing seven people. After the bloody deed, the shooter directed himself.

As “t-online” reports, new details are now coming to light, which are putting the authorities under great pressure. According to this, the gunman’s shooting club would have alerted the police and the gun authority to F. As a spokesman for the “Hanseatic Gun Club” said on the portal, the gunman’s brother had pointed out to the club that F. was “altered” .

The police had previously presented the situation differently

The gun club responded immediately and informed the gun authority by telephone. The officials were also told that the tip came from the later shooter’s brother. The officials sounded different until now. As reported by the portal “Zeit Online”, citing police investigators and the Prosecutor General’s Office, the rifle club allegedly received information about the potential danger of F., but did not pass it on. The gun club clearly rejects this version of the story.

In addition, the brother would even have learned from the gun club how to inform the gun authority about the change in F. After clarification by the “Hanseatic Gun Club” with the police, it was said that even an anonymous tip was enough.

As the portal continues to write, the brother most likely then contacted the authorities himself. In January of this year, the weapons authority received an anonymous tip with urgent warnings about F. Although the officials even visited the former member of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the tip was not acted upon. The anonymous whistleblower, whose identity the police would have been informed about according to “t-online”, has not been heard.

Contrary to initial claims, after the anonymous tip, the police also came across F’s book “The Truth about God, Jesus Christ and Satan”. Despite the alarming content, authorities initially ignored the work.

The father also alerted authorities to F.

But that’s not all: the brother was the second relative of the gunman who alerted authorities to him. Philipp F.’s father would have contacted the authorities as early as 2021, the head of the Hamburg criminal investigation department Jan Hieber (53) announced on Thursday before the Citizens’ Committee for the Interior.

For example, the shooter’s father would have visited the social psychiatric service because of his son’s psychological problems. F. heard voices and wanted to commit suicide, according to his father at the time.

Opposition demands political consequences

It is unclear whether the latest revelations will have consequences for the police. A corresponding request from “t-online” to the authorities remained unanswered.

One thing is clear: the civil servants are getting into more and more problems. Two weeks ago, leading opposition politicians from Hamburg had already demanded political consequences. Among other things, the call for the resignation of the Hamburg police chief Ralf Martin Meyer (63) was loud. (dzc)

* Name known

Source: Blick