Overview

• Authorities confirm two dead — the 57-year-old suspect and a person found in the burned house presumed to be his 90-year-old father — and two injured, the suspect’s 81-year-old mother and 21-year-old daughter.
• The suspect was located near Lerchenauer See and died there in what police believe was a suicide, and bomb technicians later rendered safe a device found in his rucksack.
• A letter recovered by investigators warning of a possible “bombiges Erlebnis” at the Wiesn prompted a large-scale sweep with dozens of detection dogs and hundreds of officers before the festival reopened.
• EOD teams found booby-trapped explosives in the Lerchenau home, triggering a 200-meter evacuation, while a transport van linked to the suspect and two nearby cars were discovered burned.
• Investigators report no political or extremist link, describe the case as a domestic crime rooted in a paternity dispute, and continue forensic work at a structurally unsafe scene.