First from that Christopher Street Day event.....one dead and ten wounded....the terrorist is dead....however, this odd story of a 2nd guy involved....does not go away.
I watched a news piece, and the topic still lingers on. They don't know who the guy is, or is involvement angle....just that someone is identified on the scene, and afterwards....he quickly walks away.
My suspicion? I think some guy was not part of the CSD group....just an odd character watching things, and as soon as the action started.....he left.
Second, oddly....the 1980 Oktoberfest attack has come up again.
It's placed in the reasoning that the German guy (failed apprentice German).....was a far-right wing or Nazi-type. Then in the reasoning....this one attack is what drove the fest folks mount up serious security. In this view....it's far-right idiots that have triggered the massive security BS for the fest.
Well....I've talked to Americans (not German) over the attack, security, and the BS.
Most believe that the one guy responsible....was a nutcase (not lefty or righty). Some evidence exists that he was in a neo-Nazi group.
The police action? The minute they had a 'story'...they ended the investigation....going no further because he was dead.
Security for 1981/1982? Marginally improved....most of these Americans say this.
The 2025 episode? It was mostly over a distraught guy....threatening some explosive, and the fest shut-down for a couple of hours....with added security over bags/backpacks.
Trying to mount a massive 'safe' Oktoberfest? I'd say it's nearly impossible. By the time you figure around 400,000 folks entering the grounds (per day)....you'd need several hundred folks to check on people. But added to this.....once a bomb goes off....there' at least 20,000 drunk Germans who are probably not in any shape to run, escape or exit the place. It's not something you want to plan around or hope to find a 'fix' for.
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