Man killed in shootout at Israeli consulate in Munich was known to Austrian police

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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.

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