Oktoberfest in Munich has reopened after being closed for several hours due to a bomb threat. Photo: AP PHOTO

The Oktoberfest fairgrounds have been closed for several hours as police conducted a security sweep of the famed beer festival due to a bomb threat by a suspect linked to an explosion across town in northern Munich.

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Police in Bavaria, the state where Munich is located, said the suspect was believed to be a 57-year-old German citizen who, according to preliminary findings, had died by taking his own life near a lake in northern Munich.

The Oktoberfest grounds were reopened a

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