On Thursday (5th September), police in Munich, Germany, shot and killed a man who was carrying a long-barrelled gun after an exchange of fire near a museum dedicated to the city’s Nazi history and the Israeli Consulate. The shooting occurred on the 52nd anniversary of the massacre at the Munich Olympics on the 5th of September 1972. The police said that there were no other suspects in the incident.
The man has been identified by police as an 18-year-old Austrian national, who travelled to Germany recently and lived in the Salzburg area. As per reports, he was known to the security authorities as an Islamist.
New video shows gunman firing shots near the Israeli consulate in Munich, Germany. He was later shot dead by police pic.twitter.com/Him4kE0ao6
— BNO News Live (@BNODesk) September 5, 2024
This is also on the day we mark the anniversary of the Munich Olympics massacre in 1972. Thankfully on this occasion, the German police have eliminated the assailant and no innocent people were harmed. https://t.co/qtyZzzXPAE
— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) September 5, 2024
“Police officers spotted a person who appeared to be carrying a firearm. The emergency services used their service weapons and the person was hit and injured,” Munich Police said on X. The suspect was armed with an older long gun when he was shot on Karolinenplatz, a square near the Israeli consulate and a Nazi documentation centre.
2. Lageupdate:
— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) September 5, 2024
– Bei der benutzten Waffe des Tatverdächtigen handelt es sich um eine ältere Langwaffe
– Der Tatverdächtige ist bei dem Schusswechsel tödlich verletzt worden
– Es gibt nach wie vor keine Hinweise auf weitere Tatverdächtige oder weitere verletzte Personen#muc0509
Later, the police said that “despite the all-clear, the police operation on site continues. The focus is currently on forensic work in particular. At the so-called witness collection point, colleagues speak to potential witnesses. Therefore, the traffic closures remain active.”
Trotz der gegebenen Entwarnung läuft der Polizeieinsatz vor Ort weiter.
— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) September 5, 2024
Insbesondere die Arbeit der Spurensicherung steht aktuell im Fokus.
An der sogenannten Zeugensammelstelle, sprechen Kollegen mit potenziellen Zeugen.
Daher bleiben die Verkehrssperren noch aktiv.#muc0509
A Munich Police spokesperson said: “It was a male person and we know that he acted here with a long-barrelled gun. Due to the intervention of the police, the perpetrator was stopped and probably died at the scene.”
The incident took place on the 52nd anniversary of the attack on Israeli athletes during the Munich Olympics in 1972. However, no link has been established between the anniversary and the shooting.
According to Israel’s Foreign Ministry, the consulate has been closed for a ceremony commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the 1972 Munich Massacre, in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September during the Olympic Games. No consulate employees were injured in the attack.
Talya Lador, the Israeli Consul General in southern Germany, stated on social media that the occurrence demonstrated the dangers of increasing antisemitism.
“We are very grateful to @PolizeiMuenchen for their actions and cooperation. This event shows how dangerous the rise of anti-Semitism is. It is important that the general public raises its voice against it. Our Consulate General was closed today to commemorate 52 years since the terrorist attack at the Olympic Games,” Lador said.
Statement unserer Generalkonsulin @TalyaLador:
— Israel in München (@IsraelinMunich) September 5, 2024
Wir sind der @PolizeiMuenchen für ihr Handeln und ihre Zusammenarbeit sehr dankbar. Dieses Ereignis zeigt, wie gefährlich der Anstieg des Antisemitismus ist. Es ist wichtig, dass die breite Öffentlichkeit ihre Stimme dagegen erhebt.…
Notably, in the 1972 Munich Massacre at the Munich Olympics by Palestinian terrorists, 11 Israeli athletes, a West German police officer and five of the Palestinian terrorists were killed.
