Oktoberfest Tightens Security with Metal Detectors After Deadly Knife Attack

The festival will see increased measures following an attack in Solingen, with 6 million attendees expected in Munich.

Security at Oktoberfest has been heightened with the introduction of hand-held metal detectors for the first time in its 189-year history.
The enhanced measures follow an August 23 knife attack in Solingen, which resulted in three deaths and eight injuries.
A 26-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker, who was supposed to be deported, has been arrested in connection with the Solingen attack.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, though no evidence has been provided.
Germany has extended temporary border controls for six months, affecting all nine of its frontiers, in response to recent violence.