International Desk: Police in Munich said officers fired at a person "apparently carrying a firearm" in the area around Karolinenplatz in the city center. It's not far from the Israeli Consulate and a museum focused on the World War II era. Police in Munich reported a large operation in the city center, saying officers had shot and hit a suspicious individual, early on Thursday. The man later died. "A large operation is currently running in the area of Briennerstrasse and Karolinenplatz. We're on site with multiple officers," Munich police said on social media.Police followed up with more details soon after. "Police officers fired shots at a suspicious person in the area of Karolinenplatz, the person was struck in this process," they said. "A wide area around the operation is sealed off." Person was carrying firearm in plain sight: police "Police officers saw a person, who was apparently carrying a firearm," police said roughly an hour after their initial post. "The officers employed their service weapons, the person was hit and wounded." While initial police statements online all referred to a "person," police referred to the suspect as a man speaking to the media. Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann later said that the suspect had died of his wounds. He said the man's identity was still being investigated, and also that the suspect had fired shots at police first. "He shot directly at the police officers, they returned fire," Herrmann said. A police spokesman said that five officers had been involved in the exchange of fire, and that the man had been using a long-barreled weapon. Videos circulating online, that was able to verify, showed a younger male carrying what appeared to be quite an old rifle fitted with a bayonet before the exchange of fire with police. The Consulate General of Israel in Munich is located on the Karolinenplatz roundabout, and a Nazi-era museum, the NS-Dokumentationszentrum, is next door. It wasn't immediately clear if there was a connection. Police cautioned against "speculation and false information," saying avoiding spreading this would help their work.
