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.

It’s called Oktoberfest, yet even in Munich, this most famous of all German festivals is celebrated in September. Why? And do the folks at Orlando staples, like Hollerbach’s and the

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.