No-one at the consulate was hurt. After the shooting, police decided to raise security at Munich’s main synagogue, according to local reports.
Israeli Consul Talya Lador thanked the police for their response and said the incident showed “how dangerous the rise of antisemitism is”.
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog said he had spoken to his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, adding that they shared condemnation and horror at the attack.
“On the day our brothers and sisters in Munich were set to stand in remembrance of our brave athletes murdered by terrorists 52 years ago, a hate-fuelled terrorist came and once again sought to murder innocent people,” he said.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that protecting Jewish and Israeli institutions was of the highest priority.
“It’s very sad the incident took place in front of the Nazi documentation centre and Israeli general consulate,” she said.
