Munich Police Kill Man In Exchange Of Gunfire Near Museum And Israeli Consulate

MUNICH (AP) — Police successful Munich exchanged occurrence pinch a man successful an area adjacent a depository connected nan city’s Nazi-era history and nan Israeli Consulate connected Thursday, fatally wounding nan suspect.

According to a constabulary spokesperson, officers were alerted to a personification carrying a “long gun” successful nan Karolinenplatz area, adjacent downtown Munich, astatine astir 9 a.m. There was past an speech of shots successful which nan fishy sustained fatal injuries, but location nary was nary denotation that anyone other was hurt, spokesperson Andreas Franken told reporters.

There was nary contiguous accusation connected nan suspect’s personality aliases connected immoderate motive, Franken said. The man, who was carrying an aged make of firearm pinch a repeating mechanism, died astatine nan scene.

Thursday marked nan 52nd day of nan attack by Palestinian militants connected nan Israeli delegation astatine nan 1972 Munich Olympics, which ended pinch nan death of 11 Israeli squad members, a West German constabulary serviceman and 5 of nan assailants. It was unclear whether nan incident was successful immoderate measurement related to nan anniversary.

Police said location was nary grounds of immoderate much suspects connected to nan incident. They accrued their beingness successful nan city, Germany’s third-biggest, but said they had nary denotation of incidents astatine immoderate different locations aliases of immoderate different suspects.

Five officers were astatine nan segment astatine nan time; constabulary deployed to nan area successful unit aft nan shooting.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said nan consulate successful Munich was closed erstwhile nan shooting occurred and that nary consulate unit had been hurt. The adjacent depository besides said each of its labor were unharmed.

Speaking astatine an unrelated news convention successful Berlin, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser described Thursday’s shooting arsenic “a superior incident” but said she didn’t want to estimate connected what had happened.

She reiterated that “the protection of Jewish and Israeli accommodation has nan highest priority.”

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