Overview

• Organizers temporarily sealed entrances around 18:00 on Saturday when crowding peaked at roughly 300,000 people, and the initial loudspeaker call to leave lacked a stated reason before being revised.
• The Koordinierungskreis of police, fire, transit and festival leadership made the closure decision, and the city says an interagency analysis of the incident is underway.
• Munich police report 33 sexual offenses recorded on the grounds so far, including three rape investigations, and a separate off-site rape of a 21-year-old is under investigation with a suspect description published.
• The Sichere Wiesn support point counted 197 help-seekers in the first week, including six suspected drink‑spiking cases, and 20-year-old Charlotte Kuffler filed a report after suddenly falling ill in her family’s Weinzelt.
• A fault on the Jules Verne Tower ride left about 32 passengers stuck more than an hour at around 90 meters with no injuries reported, as officials highlight 54-camera monitoring and pledge steps to prevent similar crowd surges next weekend.