On June 2, 1967, Ohnesorg participated in a protest held near the Deutsche Oper, aimed against the state visit of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi,(see Iranian Revolution) who was attending a performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Deutsche Oper that night. It was the first political demonstration Ohnesorg had ever taken part in. The protest turned violent after provocations by the Shah's agents and the police's overreacting. Demonstrators were then dispersed into the side streets. In the confusion in the courtyard of Krumme Strasse 66, Ohnesorg was then shot by plain-clothes police officer Karl-Heinz Kurras. Ohnesorg died before he could be operated on in the hospital. Kurras was cleared of all charges in two separate trials.

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