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Eight Knives Seized as Federal Police Step Up Munich Station Checks for Oktoberfest

A temporary order at key stations during Oktoberfest bans knives, with checks running to 5 October plus fines up to €25,000.

Overview

  • Officers at München Hauptbahnhof charged a 36-year-old after finding four folding knives, two neck knives, a multitool and a 10.5 cm letter opener.
  • Police report ongoing enforcement of the station weapons ban covering Haupt-, Ost- and Pasinger Bahnhof as well as the S-Bahn stop Hackerbrücke.
  • A 67-year-old entered the tracks near platform 10, prompting a roughly ten-minute halt to train movements and an emergency brake; he registered 1.28‰ and faces investigation for endangering rail traffic.
  • Two wanted individuals were detained at the station, including a 30-year-old with an unpaid theft fine and a 17-year-old sought on suspicion of robbery.
  • Further incidents included a 48-year-old with a pocketknife on a train, a 19-year-old with animal-repellent spray, assaults on passengers and staff, a thrown beer bottle, and multiple battery and hate-speech investigations.