The Oktoberfest has been evacuated and closed down, pending to reopen at 5pm local time.

Development is ongoing and changing by the minute.

  • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Yes, one of the biggest international festivals in the world, drawing 500,000 tourists PER DAY, being targeted for likely geopolitical reasons is simply local news. Definitely not of interest to people outside Munich.

    • _edge@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 hours ago

      We don’t know anything about political motives. Threat came from a German dude on a killing spree against his family.