LONDON — Munich police shot a “suspicious person” in the Karolinenplatz area of the southern German city on Thursday morning, authorities said, adding they had launched a “major operation.”
“The person was hit,” Munich’s police force said in a statement on social media. The area is now cordoned off with a helicopter in the air above the scene, the force added. “There are currently no indications of any other suspects,” police said in a later post.
The shooting occurred next to the city’s Nazi Documentation Center, police said.
“Many emergency services are on their way to the site of operations,” the force noted. “We ask that you avoid this area as much as possible.”
The Nazi Documentation Center is one of the city’s most popular museums, located midway between the famous Karolinenplatz and Königsplatz squares just northwest of the medieval old town. It is less than 500 feet from the Israeli Consulate.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
ABC News’ Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.
