A German security guard was detained Wednesday after performing the Nazi salute in front of a group of Israeli athletes visiting a memorial to the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, the police said in a statement.
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The 16 athletes from the Israeli European Championships canoe team were visiting the Olympic Park in Munich when the forbidden gesture was made. One of four security guard present at the scene made the National Socialist gesture, the statement said.
Police immediately arrested the suspect, a 19-year-old from Berlin. He has also been banned from all further European Championships events.
The arrest comes at a particularly sensitive time as Munich is hosting the European Championships ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Olympics massacre, in which 11 Israelis were murdered.
Relatives of the athletes have long criticized how German authorities handled the attack and its aftermath and demands for further compensation have threatened to overshadow an upcoming planned memorial event.
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