The shooting took place near the NS documentation center and the Israeli consulate.
Yrjö Kokkonen,
Meri Naski
10:39•Updated 12:57
In Munich, southern Germany, there has been a shooting in the vicinity of the NS documentation center dealing with National Socialism on Thursday. For example, it tells about it Süddeutsche Zeitung -leaf.
The Israeli consulate is also located near the venue. A large police operation has been underway in the area.
According to the German media, the shooting happened shortly after nine in the morning. Minister of the Interior of the State of Bavaria Joachim Herrmann told Bildin at noon, that a suspect had fired a series of shots, after which police returned fire.
The police also say in message service X that they shot a person carrying a gun.
German Minister of the Interior by Nancy Faeser according to the statement, the shooter died in the incident. Faeser describes what happened as serious, and says that security measures have been stepped up at the Israeli consulate.
The shooter’s identity is currently unknown. At the moment, he seems to have acted alone.
Thursday’s incident happened on the anniversary of the 1972 Munich massacre. At that time, Palestinian terrorists murdered eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Summer Olympics.
Source: Reuters
The matter was fixed at 11:45. According to the German media, the shooting was aimed at the NS center, not the Israeli consulate, as was reported earlier in the story.
Updated throughout with new information at 12:57 p.m.