The Oktoberfest will reopen on Wednesday evening after police found nothing suspicious in a major operation prompted by a bomb threat and the discovery of explosives in a Munich residential building after an incident that left at least one person dead.

Police say the 57-year-old suspect was carrying a backpack containing an explosive device that needed to be defused

German police closed the Oktoberfest fairgrounds due to a bomb threat linked to a Munich explosion. In an Instagram video message, Munich mayor Dieter Reiter said it will reopen today.

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Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, is preparing to reopen after being closed Wednesday because of a bomb threat and an explosion in a residential building that also burned nearby cars. One man died.