Police shoot suspicious person near Israeli Consulate and museum in Munich

Police vehicles parked in Munich near the Nazi Documentation Centre and the Israeli Consulate General in Munich, Germany (Simon Sachseder/AP)

Police in Munich said officers have fired shots at a suspicious person in an area near the Israeli Consulate and a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history.

Police said on the social network X, formerly Twitter, that the person was hit in the shooting on Thursday but did not give further details.