Suspect killed in police shootout near Israeli Consulate in Munich

German police in Munich said officers exchanged shots with a suspicious person on Thursday in an area near the Israeli Consulate and a museum dedicated to the city’s Nazi-era history.

Police said the gunman was an 18-year-old national of neighbouring Austria, but investigators were still looking into his motive. He was reportedly injured in the shooting and was later pronounced dead, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said.

The police spokesperson stated that five officers who were patrolling the Karolinenplatz area noticed a person carrying a “long gun” at around 9 am CET.

There was then an exchange of shots in which the suspect was seriously wounded, but there was no indication that anyone else was hurt, Andreas Franken told reporters.

Thursday marked the 52nd anniversary of the attack by Palestinian militants on the Israeli delegation at the 1972 Munich Olympics, which ended with the death of 11 Israeli team members, a West German police officer and five of the assailants.

It was unclear whether the incident was in any way related to the anniversary.

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Police said there was no evidence of any more suspects connected to the incident. They increased their presence in the city, Germany's third-biggest, but said they did not indicate incidents at any other locations or of any other suspects.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the consulate in Munich was closed when the shooting occurred and that no consulate staff had been affected by the incident.