Police in Germany have declared a "major operation" is underway following reports of shots fired outside the Israeli Consulate-General in Munich.

Workers in offices near Karolinenplatz in the city centre had uploaded footage in which apparent shots could be heard earlier this morning - prompting "numerous emergency personnel" to descend on the scene.

Police later confirmed they "fired shots at a suspicious person" and "the person was hit".

Reacting to the initial footage, German left-wing politician Martina Renner drew attention to the fact the incident took place on the 52nd anniversary of the Munich Olympics massacre on September 5, 1972 - where members of Palestinian terror group Black September killed 12 people, 11 of which were Israeli Olympic team members.

Es ist der Jahrestag des Olympia-Attentat 1972 und in München fallen Schüsse vor dem israelischen Generalkonsulat. https://t.co/ZzKtEu4XTQ

— Martina Renner (@MartinaRenner) September 5, 2024

As well as the Israeli Consulate-General, Karolinenplatz plays host to a number of political offices and museums.

One of those is the headquarters of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), an annual security policy meeting - from where the first reports emerged this morning - while another is the "nsdoku", or Nazi Documentation Centre, a museum about the Nazi regime on the site of the former party's HQ.

MSC deputy chairman and CEO Benedikt Franke told German outlet Bild: "Our office, which is located right next to the NS Documentation Centre in downtown Munich, is currently cordoned off by the police.

"Our employees are in lockdown. At exactly 9.10am, there was a loud bang. At least a dozen shots were heard. We don't know any more at the moment.

"A large contingent of emergency services is currently deployed on the street."