Oktoberfest shut after bomb threat

GLOBAL BRIEFING

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Authorities investigate the scene of a car fire at Lerchenauer STRASSE, close to the house fire reportedly set on purpose amid a domestic dispute, in the Lerchenau area of Munich

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GERMAN police closed the Oktoberfest fairgrounds and fanned out with sniffer dogs following a bomb threat from the suspected perpetrator of an explosion in northern Munich, authorities said.