In a chilling incident in Munich, a teenager described as an ‘Islamist’ was seen wielding a World War II-era gun fitted with a bayonet as he stalked the area near a Nazi museum and the Israeli consulate. The situation escalated before police engaged in a shootout, ultimately killing the suspect. The shocking event unfolded in a historically sensitive location, amplifying the gravity of the situation.
A suspected Islamist gunman, carrying a World War Two-era rifle with a bayonet, was shot and killed by police in Munich after firing shots near the Israeli Consulate General and the Nazi Documentation Center. Footage captured the shooter, identified by German media as Emrah I., an Austrian national with Bosnian heritage, stalking the streets near Briennerstrasse and Karolinenplatz. He was seen wielding a wood-stock weapon, believed to be a Mauser-type repeater rifle with a large fixed bayonet, while wearing a dark top and maroon trousers. The shooter arrived at the scene in a car with Salzburg license plates.
The individual, believed to be 18 years old, fired multiple shots at police posts near the Israeli consulate building, located just meters away from the Munich Documentation Center—formerly the Nazi party headquarters, now a site focused on the city’s historical reckoning.
Bavaria’s state interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, confirmed that the suspect was shot by armed officers and later succumbed to his injuries. No other individuals were harmed during the incident.
Reports from Spiegel Online and Austrian media indicated that the suspect had been investigated the previous year for allegedly disseminating Islamic State propaganda, though the case was later dismissed.
This disturbing event coincided with the anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed by the Palestinian militant group Black September.
