A man was shot and seriously injured outside his home in the Steilshoop district of Hamburg early on Friday, prompting a large-scale police manhunt that was still underway later in the day.
The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries after gunfire erupted following an altercation involving several people on Friday morning. Shots were heard in the neighbourhood before the attackers fled the scene.
Hamburg police launched an unsuccessful search for the suspects, deploying a helicopter to assist in tracking multiple suspects believed to have been involved in the shooting. Authorities have not released details on the identities of the victim or the suspects, nor on a possible motive.