The Munich shooter, who was known to be an Islamist, was Emrah I., an 18-year-old native of Salzburg with Bosnian roots. The German police confirmed this at a press conference in Munich. It was also revealed that the man comes from the small Salzburg community of Neumarkt am Wallersee.
Emrah I opened fire on Thursday at the Nazi Documentation Center in Munich. Numerous videos on social media show the exchange of fire.
The Süddeutsche Zeitung also reported shouts of “Run! Run!” The perpetrator’s weapon has now been taken into custody. There is no longer any danger.
As the Israeli Foreign Ministry told the German Press Agency in response to a request, no employees of the Consulate General were affected by the incident. The diplomatic mission had just held a memorial ceremony for the 1972 Munich Olympic attack, which is why it was closed. Consul General Talya Lador-Fresher, former ambassador in Vienna, said: “This event shows how dangerous the rise of anti-Semitism is.” She stressed: “It is important that the general public raises its voice against it.”
On September 5, 52 years ago, Palestinian terrorists from the group “Black September” shot two men and took nine hostages from the Israeli Olympic team in the Olympic Village during the Summer Olympics in Munich. Around 18 hours later, a rescue attempt ended with the deaths of the nine Israeli hostages, a police officer and five of the attackers. The terrorists wanted to force the release of more than 200 prisoners in Israel and two leaders of the German left-wing extremist terrorist group “Red Army Faction” (RAF), Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof.
