The man who opened fire on a police post outside the Nazi Documentation Center in Munich earlier today and was eventually shot dead by police was Emra I., 18, an Austrian of Bosnian origin. According to the television stations WDR, NDR and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the perpetrator was born in 2006 in Austria and lived in Salzburg. The magazine Der Spiegel and the Austrian newspaper “Der Standard” also report that the 18-year-old was known to the Austrian authorities as an Islamist and in 2023 a complaint was made against him for participating in a terrorist organization and spreading propaganda of the “Islamic State”. The Austrian authorities had found similar material on his mobile phone, but ultimately did not proceed with prosecution. According to an eyewitness who speaks to BILD, the police fired back at the attacker. “It took some minutes before the first policemen chased him. Then they shot at least 30-40 times and then I heard them shout: He’s on the ground. It doesn’t move anymore.” […]
Source: News Beast
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