Suspect shot in Munich outside Nazi documentation centre

German police say they opened fire on an 18-year-old Austrian man near the Nazi documentation centre in Munich.

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The man, identified by police as an 18-year-old Austrian national, was hit during an exchange of fire with officers.

Police said a man had been spotted in the area carrying a long firearm. Five officers then exchanged fire with their service weapons.

The Israeli consulate was closed at the time for a memorial service marking the 52nd anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics attack by Palestinian militants, which killed 11 Israeli athletes and a police officer.

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said there was no immediate motive behind the incident, but that it may have been linked to the anniversary.

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