(New York Times) Christopher F. Schuetze - Police officers in Munich killed a gunman not far from the Israeli Consulate on Thursday, the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the 1972 Olympic Games in the city, in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed. According to the authorities, the gunman, an 18-year-old Austrian, drove up in a car, got out and started shooting at patrolling officers with a rifle fitted with a bayonet. The police returned fire. News agencies in Germany and Austria reported that the man, who is from a Bosnian family, was known to the Austrian authorities because of connections to Islamic radicalization.
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