In addition to some 600 police officers and 2000 security staff, more than 50 cameras will be installed across the grounds of the festival to avoid stabbings.
Officials are warning revellers to expect longer lines to enter this year’s Oktoberfest in Munich as metal detectors are deployed for the first time in the Bavarian beer festival’s 189-year history.
Authorities say there are no specific threats to the world’s largest folk festival, which begins Saturday with the traditional keg-tapping in Munich and runs through October 6. Some 6 million participants, many wearing traditional lederhosen and dirndl dresses, are expected over the course of the event.that left three dead and eight wounded. A 26-year-old Syrian suspect was arrested. He was an asylum-seeker who was supposed to be deported to Bulgaria last year.
“We have had to react to the fact that attacks with knives have increased in recent weeks and months,” Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter said. “We will do everything we can to ensure that nobody comes to Oktoberfest with a knife or other dangerous weapons.”In addition to some 600 police officers and 2000 security staff, more than 50 cameras will be installed across the grounds of the festival, which will be fenced off as well.
Oktoberfest is no stranger to increased security in the past. In 2016, authorities implemented tighter measures in response to a series of attacks, including when a German teenager fatally shot nine people at a Munich mall before killing himself.Peter Neumann, a professor of security studies at King’s College London, said Oktoberfest officials were taking a sensible approach to security in light of Solingen, as well as other recent foiled plots across Europe.
The festival’s organiser, Clemens Baumgärtner, promised a safe public space, possibly “the safest place in Germany” during the 16 days of the festival.
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