"Munich's Oktoberfest beer festival grounds reopened to the public at 5:30 p.m. local time, having been closed during the day following a house fire and suspected suicide in the city's north. The house blaze, linked to a family dispute, left one person and the suspect dead and another two injured, with explosive traps detected inside the home. A note written by the suspect had mentioned the famous event in the city center,"
"Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann also spoke at the Munich press conference on Wednesday evening, saying there were no signs of a political motive or extremism involved in the deaths and explosion in the Bavarian capital that led to the temporary closing of the Oktoberfest beer festival. Instead, he said preliminary investigations pointed to a fight inside the family over issues that included the suspect's paternity of his daughter."
Munich's Oktoberfest grounds were closed during the day after a house fire and suspected suicide in the city's north, with explosive traps found inside the home. The blaze and related violence left the suspect and one person dead and two others injured. A note by the suspect referenced the city-center festival, prompting a major security operation that cleared the festival site and allowed reopening at 5:30 p.m. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said investigations showed no political motive or extremist involvement and that preliminary findings pointed to a family dispute including questions about the suspect's paternity. Emergency services received praise for rapid response.
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