Overview

• Police say a 57-year-old detonated explosives in his parents’ Munich home on October 1, killing his 90-year-old father and injuring his 81-year-old mother and 21-year-old daughter.
• Authorities report the house was rigged with incendiary devices, complicating recovery efforts at the scene.
• A threat referencing the Wiesn led to a seven-hour shutdown of Oktoberfest, which reopened at 5:30 p.m. the same day.
• Court records and legislative files show the man tried since 2022 to disprove his paternity, lost on appeal, accused a university DNA lab and officials without proof, and later had a detailed petition to the Bavarian Landtag rejected.
• Local media report the suspect later died by suicide at Lerchenauer See, while investigations continue into the explosives, motive and exact sequence of events.