German police shot and killed a man in a shootout near the Israeli consulate and a Nazi history museum in Munich on Thursday, said state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann.
A Munich police spokesperson stated, "It was a male person and we know that he acted here with a long-barrelled gun." Herrmann told reporters, "Due to the intervention of the police, the perpetrator was stopped and probably died at the scene."
According to Munich police, there were no indications of other suspects or incidents in the Bavarian state capital. The incident occurred on the anniversary of the 1972 attack at the Olympic Games in Munich, in which Palestinian Black September gunmen murdered 11 Israeli athletes.
The Israeli foreign ministry confirmed that the consulate was closed on Thursday for a commemoration of the Munich Olympics massacre and that none of the consulate staff was injured in the incident. the incident. the incident.
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