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Police in Munich exchanged fire with a man on Thursday, fatally wounding the suspect in an area near a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history and the Israeli Consulate.

According to a police spokesperson, officers were alerted to a person carrying a “long gun” in the Karolinenplatz area, near downtown Munich, at around 9 a.m. There was then an exchange of shots in which the suspect sustained fatal injuries, but there no was no indication that anyone else was hurt, spokesperson Andreas Franken told reporters.


  Police officers opened fire at a person who appeared to be carrying a firearm near a museum. AFP via Getty Images Police officers opened fire at a person who appeared to be carrying a firearm near a museum. AFP via Getty Images

  Officers patrol near the Israeli Consulate following the incident. AP Officers patrol near the Israeli Consulate following the incident. AP

There was no immediate information on the suspect’s identity or on any motive, Franken said. The man, who was carrying an old make of firearm with a repeating mechanism, died at the scene. Bavaria’s top security official, state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann, said the suspect had opened fire at police and they returned fire.


  The shooting took place in the Karolinenplatz area, near downtown Munich. AP The shooting took place in the Karolinenplatz area, near downtown Munich. AP


  Israel’s Foreign Ministry said no consulate staff had been hurt. AP Israel’s Foreign Ministry said no consulate staff had been hurt. AP

It was unclear whether the incident was in any way related to the 52nd anniversary Thursday of the attack by Palestinian militants on the Israeli delegation at the 1972 Munich Olympics, which ended with the death of 11 Israeli team members, a West German police officer and five of the assailants.

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