Terror Attack in Front of the Israeli Embassy in Munich, Germany 52 years after Munich Olympics attack

A gunman opened fire at the Israeli consulate in Munich just as a memorial ceremony was taking place for the victims of the Munich Olympics massacre in which 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by Palestinian terrorists.

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Footage of the shooter in Munich targeting the Israeli consulate.

Thankfully, he was neutralized by police and no victims have been reported.

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Today marks 52 years since 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually murdered by the Palestinian terrorist group “Black September” at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
This heinous attack became known as the Munich Massacre.
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German police exchange fire with gunman near Israeli Consulate in Munich 52 years after Munich Olympics attack

By: CBS News, September 5, 2024:

Munich — Police in Munich exchanged fire with a man in an area near a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history and the Israeli Consulate Thursday. The suspect was wounded.

According to police spokesperson Andreas Franken, officers noticed 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 was fatally wounded, but there no was no indication that anyone else was hurt, 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.
Police operation in Munich
Police officers are seen in Munich after officers shot down a suspicious person seen carrying a gun near the Israeli Consulate and a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history, Sept. 5, 2024. Peter Kneffel/picture alliance/Getty

Thursday marked 52 years since 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. It was unclear whether the incident on Thursday was in any way related to the attack 52 years earlier.

Police said there was no evidence of any other suspects being connected to the incident. They increased their presence in the city, Germany’s third-biggest, but said they had no indication of incidents at any other locations or of any other suspects.

Five officers were at the scene at the time of the shooting, but police deployed to the area in force after the incident. Franken said he had no further details on the suspect or on his firearm.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the consulate in Munich was closed when the shooting occurred for a memorial event to mark the Olympics attack and that no consulate staff were hurt. The nearby Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism, which opened in 2015 and explores the city’s past as the birthplace of the Nazi movement, also said all of its employees were unharmed.