Police automobiles parked on a road subsequent to the museum on the town’s Nazi-era historical past after police fired pictures at a suspicious particular person close to the Israeli Consulate and the museum in Munich, Germany.
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A gunman opened fireplace at German police earlier than he was shot lifeless by officers Thursday (September 5, 2024) close to Munich’s Nazi-era documentation centre and the Israeli consulate, the Bavarian State Interior Minister mentioned.
“Police responded with armed force against the perpetrator, who was carrying a rifle and had fired a number of shots,” mentioned the Minister, Joachim Herrmann, including that the gunman had died of his wounds.
Mr. Herrmann mentioned it was “obvious that the crime scene” close to the documentation centre and the Israeli diplomatic mission “could provide further clues” concerning the gunman’s motive.
The Minister additionally identified that Thursday (September 5) marks “the 52nd anniversary of the terrible attack on the Israeli team during the Olympic Games” of 1972 by the hands of a Palestinian militant group.
Munich police wrote on social media platform X that, after the capturing, there have been “no indications of any other suspects” and that nobody else was wounded.
The Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism is positioned on the location of the previous Nazi occasion headquarters and near Israel’s consulate within the southern German metropolis.
A police helicopter was within the sky above the world and the sound of police sirens blared via the streets.
The Bild Daily confirmed photos of armed police sporting helmets and physique armour within the downtown space. Police suggested the general public that many law enforcement officials had been “on their way to the site of operations in the area of the NS Documentation Centre”.
“To ensure that they can work without hindrance, we ask that you avoid this area as much as possible.”
Published – September 05, 2024 04:19 pm IST