Suspect in attack near Israel’s consulate in Munich was known to authorities as an Islamist – report
The suspect in a shooting near the Israeli consulate in Munich was a teenage Austrian national who was known to security authorities as an Islamist, the Standard newspaper and Spiegel news outlet report.
The suspect lived in Austria’s Salzburg area near the border with Bavaria and had recently traveled to Germany, the reports say.
A police spokesperson in the Bavarian state capital says the man had a “long-barreled gun” that proved to be an old rifle.
Video circulating on social media that could not be immediately verified appeared to show that the weapon had a bayonet attached.
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