Munich Police Kill Armed Man Near Museum, Israeli Consulate | EUROtoday

MUNICH (AP) — Police in Munich exchanged fireplace with a person in an space close to a museum on the town’s Nazi-era historical past and the Israeli Consulate on Thursday, fatally wounding the suspect.

According to a police spokesperson, officers had been alerted to an individual carrying a “long gun” within the Karolinenplatz space, close to downtown Munich, at round 9 a.m. There was then an change of pictures wherein the suspect sustained deadly accidents, however there no was no indication that anybody else was damage, spokesperson Andreas Franken advised reporters.

There was no quick data on the suspect’s identification or on any motive, Franken stated. The man, who was carrying an outdated make of firearm with a repeating mechanism, died on the scene.

Thursday marked the 52nd anniversary of the assault by Palestinian militants on the Israeli delegation on the 1972 Munich Olympics, which ended with the dying of 11 Israeli crew members, a West German police officer and 5 of the assailants. It was unclear whether or not the incident was in any approach associated to the anniversary.

Police stated there was no proof of any extra suspects linked to the incident. They elevated their presence within the metropolis, Germany’s third-biggest, however stated they’d no indication of incidents at some other places or of some other suspects.

Five officers had been on the scene on the time; police deployed to the world in drive after the capturing.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry stated the consulate in Munich was closed when the capturing occurred and that no consulate workers had been damage. The close by museum additionally stated all of its workers had been unhurt.

Speaking at an unrelated information convention in Berlin, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser described Thursday’s capturing as “a serious incident” however stated she didn’t need to speculate on what had occurred.

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