Oktoberfest closed in Munich after fatal fire and bomb threat

Police in the German city of Munich said that the place where Oktoberfest took place was temporarily closed due to explosion and fire -free connections in a house equipped with explosives.

A bad wounded man was found in a nearby lake and then died.

Mayor Dieter Reiter, the festival site, due to an unspecified bomb threat on Wednesday at least 17:00 local time (15:00 GMT) will remain closed, he said.

A large -scale emergency operation continued in Lerchenau in North Munich. Police said that potential connections have been investigated to other places, including the location of the annual beer festival.

A possible connection to the leftist antitform movement was investigated after a message of an online message was published, after claiming that he was behind several events in North Munich. The police said that there was nothing to propose a connection later and that the message was “the work of imitators”.

Oktoberfest runs from September 20 to 5 October and has already attracted more than 3.5 million visitors. It is defined as both the largest people in the world and the beer festival.

The police investigating the fire in Lerchenau said that they believe that a residential building was deliberately burned as a part of a family dispute. Near nearby cars were burning.

Special forces were deployed to neutralize the Bubi traps in the house.

“The wounded person has been died since then. Another person is missing, but it is not believed to cause any danger.”

“Bubi traps were found in the affected building. Special forces were called to neutralize them.”

There are many emergency staff.