A terrorist opened fire with an M-16 rife outside the Israeli embassy in Munich on Thursday morning.

Police officers fired at the terrorist, neutralizing him. Baruch Hashem, no one was injured in the incident. The terrorist was killed after engaging the police in a gun battle. The police later identified the suspect as a teenage Austrian national known to the police as an Islamist.

Police searched the area with the help of a police helicopter to rule out accomplices to the attack and residents were advised to avoid the area. No evidence was found of any other suspects.

Ironically, the embassy was closed on Thursday due to a memorial ceremony for the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes in the 1972 Munich Olympics attack.

Police officers standing near the Nazi Documentation Center, a museum next to the consulate that is dedicated to the history and consequences of the Nazi regime and the role of Munich as the capital of the movement, were the ones who responded to the attack. The museum is located at the site of the former Brown House, the Nazi Party headquarters.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry stated: “There was a shooting near the Israeli consulate in Munich. The consulate is closed today due to a memorial service for the Munich massacre victims and no consulate staff were harmed in the incident. The shooter has been neutralized by German security forces, and the situation is being handled by them.”

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)