Emrah I, an 18-year-old Austrian with Bosnian roots, was killed in a shootout with Munich police. Authorities suspect he planned a terror attack on the Israeli consulate with an antique gun with a bayonet attached to it.
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00:00The man killed in a shootout with officers near the Israeli consulate in Munich was known
00:06to police in Austria.
00:09Searching his home in Salzburg, police say the man, identified as 18-year-old Emra I,
00:14had come to the attention of police in February last year and had been investigated for terrorist
00:19links.
00:20Emra I, identified by police as an Austrian national with Bosnian roots, was spotted
00:40by police near the Israeli consulate carrying a long firearm.
00:44He engaged in a shootout with five local police officers, who opened fire with their service
00:49weapons.
00:50Authorities believe he was planning an attack on the Israeli consulate, but the motive is
00:54still being investigated.
01:10Israel's foreign ministry said the consulate in Munich was closed when the shooting occurred.
01:16The incident comes on the 52nd anniversary of the attack by Palestinian militants on
01:21the Israeli delegation at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
01:26That ended with the deaths of 11 Israeli team members, a West German police officer and
01:30five of the assailants.