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Munich police shoot dead armed man near Israeli consulate
Police officers block a street after police fired shots at a suspicious person near the Israeli Consulate and a museum on the city's Nazi-era history in Munich, Germany, September 5, 2024

POLICE in Munich shot and killed a man in an area near a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history and the Israeli Consulate today.

According to a police spokesperson, officers were alerted to a person carrying a “long gun” in the Karolinenplatz area, near the centre of Munich, at around 9am. 

During an exchange of shots the suspect sustained fatal injuries.

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