German police said officers in Munich on Thursday shot dead a man after an exchange of fire near the Israeli consulate and a Nazi History Museum Munich police spokesperson Andreas Franken said the suspect was holding a long barreled rifle he said five officers were involved in the shootout and there were no indications others were involved police said the gunman was an 18-year-old Austrian Citizen and resident of that Country and said the motive was under investigation the incident occurred on the anniversary of the 1972 attack at the Munich Olympics in which Palestinian militants murdered 11 Israeli athletes the Israeli foreign Ministry said the consulate was closed on Thursday for a commemoration of that Massacre and no one from the consulate staff was injured in the incident the consulate is in the same neighborhood as a museum and Research Institute focusing on the history of the Nazi German regime the shooting comes at a time of heightened polarization in Germany's political climate on Sunday the anti immigrant alternative for Germany or afd became the first far-right party to win a regional election since the Second World War