Security – This Thursday is the anniversary of the commemoration of the hostage-taking at the 1972 Olympic Games
German police killed a man who opened fire near the Israeli consulate general in Munich on Thursday, the anniversary of the hostage-taking of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in the Bavarian capital.
“The man was moving with a long weapon and fired several shots” before the police opened fire on him, the Interior Minister of the regional state of Bavaria, Joachim Hermann, told reporters.
His act “could” be linked to the proximity of the Israeli consulate, a documentation center on Nazism and the fact that it took place on the anniversary of the bloody hostage-taking of September 5, 1972, which left eleven dead.
The Israeli athletes were assassinated by members of the Palestinian organization Black September.
The man was spotted with his weapon in his hand by police officers who were monitoring sensitive buildings in the area. According to the police, he opened fire, before these officers returned fire and fatally wounded him.
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“The identity of the suspect must now be clarified, as well as his motives,” added the local interior minister.
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