Oktoberfest organizers on Thursday ruled out an extension to Munich's traditional beer-soaked celebrations after the temporary closure of the festival due to a bomb threat. Thomas Geppert from the ...

The German authorities said the decision to close the festival grounds was taken after an earlier explosion in a residential area of the city that appeared linked to a domestic dispute.

The Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich will remain shut on Wednesday until at least 5 pm (1500 GMT) after police said they discovered explosives in a residential building in the north of the city ...

Munich police say the opening of the venue where Oktoberfest is taking place has been delayed because of possible connections to an explosion and fire at a house in the city, in which one person has ...

German police have completed a security sweep at the Oktoberfest fairgrounds and reopened the famed beer festival after an hourslong closure.

"Due to a bomb threat in connection with the explosion in northern Munich, the Theresienwiese will remain closed until 5:00 p.m.," Munich police said in a statement, referring to the open area west of ...

Authorities in Munich say a bomb threat has shut down Germany's famed Oktoberfest after an explosion and deadly fire in a home nearby.

The Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich will remain shut on Wednesday until at least 5 pm (1500 GMT) after police said they discovered explosives in a residential building in the north of the city ...

The closure was prompted by a letter, which police initially said contained a “nonspecific threat of explosives related to the Oktoberfest.” ...

Munich's Oktoberfest was temporarily closed on Wednesday, Oct. 1, over a bomb threat in a letter written by a suspect accused of starting a deadly house fire, police said. A 57-year-old German man, ...

Police in Germany closed Munich's Oktoberfest for most of the day following a bomb threat, and a threatening note at the scene of a mysterious home explosion not far from the festival grounds. NBC ...