Overview

• Organizers temporarily cordoned off the Theresienwiese on Saturday after dangerous overcrowding estimated at about 300,000 people, with initial loudspeaker messages lacking a clear reason before the site reopened roughly an hour later.
• Munich police report 33 sexual offences so far on the festival site, including three rape investigations, and are separately probing the reported rape of a 21-year-old off the grounds with a suspect description released.
• The Safe Space project Sichere Wiesn counted 197 helpseekers in the first week, including six suspected drink‑spiking cases, and innkeeper’s daughter Charlotte Kuffler has filed a report after she and two friends suddenly fell ill in the Weinzelt.
• CSU and ÖDP council factions demand an official accounting of the crowd-control breakdown, while Wiesn chief Christian Scharpf says a multi-agency review is underway and police continue live monitoring with 54 cameras.
• A technical fault halted the Jules Verne Tower ride around 90 meters up, leaving roughly 32 people stuck for over an hour before a controlled descent, with no injuries reported.