BERLIN–Police in Munich say they thwarted a potential attack on Jewish targets Thursday after they shot and killed a man who was firing a rifle near the Israeli Consulate and a museum documenting Nazi Germany.

Police have not offered details on the suspect. Some German media outlets reported he was a juvenile from Austria police had previously investigated for alleged ties to Islamic extremism.

Germany’s public broadcaster Deutsche Welle verified the authenticity of cell-phone videos shared online which show a younger male carrying a rifle fitted with a bayonet before and during the shootout.

The Israeli consulate was closed for the day due to a memorial service marking the anniversary of the deadly attack on Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. In early September of 1972 the Palestinian terrorist group Black September attacked the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany, murdered d two Israeli athletes and took nine other members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage. The terrorists with collusion by West German neo-Nazis as well as Communists demanded the release of Palestinian and other terrorists from Israeli prisons and the release of Red Army Faction terrorists held in prison in West Germany, a total of 328 prisoners in total. They also sought transit to an airport and flight to a safe-haven country. Munich Police engaged in a standoff with the hostage-takers and after a number of days and failed negotiations, stormed the building. Black September terrorists began murdering the Israeli hostages and West German law enforcement officers. It is believed some Israelis might have been killed by gunfire from the Munich Police as well. After the massacre the Mossad hunted down and killed members of the Black September faction of the PLO, now known as al Fatah, around the world. Bonn at the time claimed Germany had no choice but to attempt a rescue of hostages who would’ve been murdered in any case, and that they attempted the rescue based on information of the imminent murder of the Israeli athletes..

This latest attack by a pro-Hamas activist follows a knife attack leaving several dead and many wounded in Solingen, Germany last week. The perpetrator expressed pro-Hamas views and ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, along with the attempt to burn down a synagogue in the southern French town of La Grande-Motte. German Jewish leaders are urging increased vigilance in the face of continuing attacks.