Man died after being shot by officers near the consulate and Nazi documentation centre
An extensive police operation was under way in Munich on Thursday after a man reportedly approached the Israeli general consulate bearing a “long” weapon shot at police, before officers gunned him down.
Witnesses reported hearing a flurry of gunshots at just after 9am local time. A police spokesperson confirmed the reports, adding that there was no indication any other suspects were involved. The suspect was killed in the exchange, which involved five police officers, according to a spokesperson.
Ronen Steinke, a journalist from the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung, posted mobile phone footage of the shooting on X that he had apparently recorded from his office.
The Israeli general consulate and the nearby Nazi documentation centre are under constant police watch, but have been under increased surveillance since the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.
Local media outlets were quick to point out that the incident took place on the 52nd anniversary of the assassination attacks at the Munich Olympics of 1972 in which Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli athletes and took nine others hostage, who were subsequently killed in a botched rescue attempt.
