Overview
- Munich police say the four 26-year-old Germans repeatedly performed the salute at a beer tent on the evening of October 2.
- Officers detained the group, recorded their identities, reported them for using symbols of unconstitutional organizations under Section 86a, and later released them.
- The festival’s security team called the Wiesn police after witnesses reported the gestures, and officers intervened before the men left the tent.
- The case follows an earlier incident this Wiesn in which a 25-year-old Italian tourist was reported for a similar act.
- Police highlight an intensified security posture with about 600 officers and 54 cameras—36 newly upgraded—and report 414 offenses after eight days compared with 317 at the same point in 2024.