An armed man has been shot dead by German police near the Nazi documentation centre and Israeli consulate in the southern city of Munich.
The man, identified by police as an 18-year-old Austrian national, was hit during an exchange of fire with officers.
Police said a man had been spotted in the area carrying a long firearm. Five officers then exchanged fire with their service weapons.
The Israeli consulate was closed at the time for a memorial service marking the anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics attack by Palestinian militant group Black September. Eleven Israeli athletes and a policeman were killed during the hostage ordeal.
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