Gunman killed in shootout with Munich police outside Israel consulate; confirmed terror attack by known Islamist

From the Sun and the Telegraph

ISRAEL has branded a shooting in Munich a “terror attack” after a gunman targeted cops near the Israeli consulate and a Nazi-era museum.

The shooter – shot dead by police at the scene – was an 18-year-old who travelled from Austria to Germany before the attack, local media reports.

German police saw a man carrying an “older long-weapon” and opened fire, hitting the suspect and severely injuring him. Police later confirmed he had died.

No consulate staff were injured, the Israeli foreign ministry said, who added that the office was closed for a ceremony commemorating the 1972 Munich massacre when Palestinian terrorists took members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage.  The gunman’s motivation is not immediately clear, but Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said police would try to clarify whether it had any link to the anniversary.

The gunman who opened fire near the Israeli consulate in Munich on Thursday was a known Islamist from Austria, German media has reported.

According to Der Spiegel, the suspect was an 18-year-old male who resided in the Salzburg region and travelled to Munich by car.

Update

Austrian media named the gunman as Emra I, who they described as an Islamist extremist who was known to police, hailed from Salzburg and had Bosnian roots.

Speaking later on Thursday, Joachim Hermann, the Bavarian interior minister, did not confirm the incident was Islamist but said that the fact that the man was found at the Israeli consulate on the anniversary of the Munich massacre was “unlikely to be a coincidence”.