Gunman killed near Israeli consulate in Munich believed to be planning terrorist attack: Police

The 18-year-old suspect was carrying a rifle with a bayonet, police said. Gunman killed near Israeli consulate in Munich believed to be planning terrorist attack: Police LONDON — A “suspicious person” was shot dead by Munich police near the Israeli consulate in what authorities said they believe was a planned terrorist attack. Munich’s police force said in a statement on social media that officers deployed to the scene encountered an armed 18-year-old suspect and engaged him in a shootout. Police officers block a street after police fired shots at a suspicious person near the Israeli Consulate and a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history in Munich, Germany, Sept. 5, 2024. Matthias Schrader/AP “The suspect was fatally injured,” police said. The 18-year-old suspect was an Austrian citizen living in Austria who did not have a permanent residence in Germany, Munich police said. The suspect parked a car near the crime scene, police said. “At present, it is assumed that the attack was a terrorist attack, also with reference to the Consulate General of the State of Israel, with one focus of the ongoing investigation being the suspect’s motivation for the crime,” the Munich police said in a statement translated by The Associated Press. Police vehicles parked in Munich near the Nazi Documentation Center and the Israeli Consulate General in Munich, Germany, Sept. 5, 2024. Simon Sachseder/AP The shooting occurred next to the city’s Nazi Documentation Center, police said. Police officers patrol near a scene after police fired shots at a suspicious person near the Israeli Consulate and a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history in Munich, Germany, Sept. 5, 2024. Matthias Schrader/AP The Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed there had been a “shooting incident” close to the consulate, noting the facility was closed on Thursday coinciding with the anniversary of the deadly terror attack at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. “No one from the consulate staff was injured in the incident,” the ministry’s spokesperson said. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/munich-police-shoot-suspicious-person-city-center/story?id=113409161