JUST IN: German police kill gunman near Israeli consulate

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5th September 2024

The area close to the Nazi history museum and Israeli consulate was cordoned off

The area close to the Nazi history museum and Israeli consulate was cordoned off | BBC

German police shot dead a gunman on Thursday who had opened fire at them near central Munich’s Nazi-era documentation centre and the Israeli consulate, according to the Bavarian interior minister.

“Police responded with armed force against the perpetrator, who was carrying a rifle and had fired a number of shots,” said state interior minister Joachim Herrmann, adding that the gunman had died from his wounds.

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