Police say suspect killed in police shootout in Munich was Austrian teenager

Police officers patrol after police fired shots at a suspicious person near the Israeli Consulate and a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history in Munich, Germany (Matthias Schrader/AP)

A man killed in a shootout with police in Munich was an 18-year-old citizen of neighbouring Austria, police have said.

Authorities believed the teenager may have planned an attack on the Israeli Consulate in the German city.