Munich Oktoberfest Fairgrounds Closed
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Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, is preparing to reopen after being closed Wednesday because of a bomb threat and an explosion in a residential building that also burned nearby cars. One man died.
Police in Bavaria, the state where Munich is located, said the suspected attacker was believed to be a 57-year-old German citizen who had committed suicide near a lake in northern Munich.
Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter on Tuesday apologized after the city's world-famous Oktoberfest was temporarily closed over the weekend due to overcrowding. "I want to expressly apologize," said Reiter in a video published on Instagram.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken up the baton at Munich’s Oktoberfest. The former California governor spontaneously conducted a live band and the singing crowd in a beer tent on Friday night.