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Munich’s Oktoberfest closed Wednesday after a bomb threat from a suspect who died in an explosion at a residential building.

The 57-year-old German citizen left a letter threatening explosives at the festival before apparently committing suicide near a lake.

More than 500 police officers and sniffer dogs searched the fairgrounds of the world’s largest beer festival.

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

Police in Bavaria, the state where Munich is located, said the suspect was believed to be a 57-year-old Ge

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