Police shoot and kill armed man near Israeli Consulate and museum in Munich
MUNICH — Police shot and killed a man during an exchange of fire in the German city of Munich on Thursday, in an area near the Israeli Consulate and a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history.
MUNICH — Police shot and killed a man during an exchange of fire in the German city of Munich on Thursday, in an area near the Israeli Consulate and a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history.
Officers spotted a man carrying “a long gun” in the center of the Bavarian capital, Andreas Franken, a spokesperson for Munich Police told a news briefing.
Five officers approached him “and then there was an exchange of fire,” he said, adding that the suspect had died at the scene. No other injuries have been reported, he said.
At a later news conference, Franken said the suspect had been identified as an 18-year-old Austrian national and officers were investigating possible motives.
The gunman was carrying older type carbine with a bayonet attached, he added.
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