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Munich's Oktoberfest, the world's biggest beer festival, opened Saturday under heightened security following a string of attacks in Germany attributed to jihadists...
Billed as the world's biggest folk culture festival, the Oktoberfest last year drew more than seven million visitors who consumed a total of 6.5 million litres of beer...
The tighter police security this year comes after a spate of extremist attacks, including a deadly knife rampage in the city of Solingen last month...
And earlier this month, Munich police shot dead a man after he opened fire on them and at the city's Israeli consulate in what was being treated as a suspected terrorist attack...
Munich police director Christian Huber reassured guests making their way to the Bavarian state capital that the Oktoberfest was the "safest festival in Germany, if not worldwide"...
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