Germany’s Oktoberfest in Munich SHUT DOWN After Killing, House Fire, Bomb Detonation and a Suicide Put the City in High Alert
Beers, not bombs!
Police in the German city of Munich announced that the Oktoberfest venue will finally reopen early on Wednesday evening, after it was shut down all day for a credible bomb threat.
Investigators have been probing the threat to the world-famous event linked to a fire at a house in the north of the city.
BBC reported:
“The house was rigged with explosives and a 57-year-old man is suspected of starting the fire as part of a family dispute.
His body was later found at a nearby lake and police said he was carrying a backpack apparently containing an ‘explosive device’.”
This morning, there has been an explosion in a house in north Munich.
The police also found a backpack full of bombs in the house.
This led to a bomb threat note about Oktoberfest. So, the festival has been closed until at least 5pm.
This is the new reality in Europe. pic.twitter.com/UVD7Axozql
— Ada Lluch (@ada_lluch) October 1, 2025
Munich, Germany: The U.S. Consulate General advises U.S. citizens of the closure of the Oktoberfest (Wiesn) grounds due to a bomb threat. According to current reports, the grounds will be closed until 1700 today, October 1, 2025. U.S. Consulate personnel have been advised to… pic.twitter.com/EJip3o7Zjg
— Travel – State Dept (@TravelGov) October 1, 2025
“Officers closed the annual beer festival for much of the day after a letter from the suspect had been found with ‘a non-specific bomb threat relating to the Oktoberfest’.”
Explosives specialists with sniffer dogs searched the site during the day, after which Police announced that the world’s biggest folk and beer festival would re-open at 17:30 local time.
The emergency operation is still ongoing in the north of the city, and potential links between the incident there and other locations are being investigated.
Oktoberfest was shut down for several hours over a bomb threat after explosions and a fire in another part of Munich triggered a large emergency operation. Police eventually found no link. pic.twitter.com/UbUAuI22hJ
— DW News (@dwnews) October 1, 2025
#BREAKING #GERMANY #MUNICH #Oktoberfest
GERMANY : WORLD-FAMOUS OKTOBERFEST IN MUNICH SUSPENDED DUE TO CONFIRMED BOMB THREAT,
related to an earlier fatal explosion. Large police operation in progress. Munich Mayor says risk of opening Oktoberfest is too high.#Ultimahora… pic.twitter.com/If5RMsW0hi
— LW World News (@LW_WorldNews) October 1, 2025
“Police investigating the fire said they were alerted to the incident in the early hours of Wednesday morning, after receiving reports of explosions. Nearby cars were set on fire. Special forces were later deployed to defuse booby traps inside the house.
Police said the suspect’s 81-year-old German mother and his 21-year-old daughter, a German-Brazilian citizen, were injured in the incident. They are currently in hospital receiving treatment.”
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