Munich's Oktoberfest temporarily shut due to bomb threat
The suspect has been accused of setting a building on fire in a family dispute in which one person died
Waitresses carry beer after the first guests arrived in a beer tent at the Theresienwiese in Munich. Reuters
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Authorities temporarily closed Munich's Oktoberfest on Wednesday over a bomb threat in a letter written by a suspect accused of starting a deadly house fire, police said.
The suspect has been accused of setting a building on fire in a family dispute in which one person died. The annual festival was permitted to reopen after police found nothing suspicious there.
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Joachim Herrmann, interior minister of the state of Bavaria where Munich is the capital, said: "It was the right thing to do to take it seriously."
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