Munich

Two tourists caused a massive 200,000-euro flood at a historic Munich hotel after leaving a shower running while asleep. The resulting damage forced emergency power shutdowns and extensive repairs.

Left-wing youth activists disrupted Munich's City Hall Oktoberfest celebrations with pro-Palestinian chants, leading to a physical altercation with an FDP councilman.

Newly discovered archival documents in Munich challenge Adolf Hitler's alibi in the 1931 death of his niece Geli Raubal, renewing historical debate.

Molotov cocktails were thrown overnight at a construction site near the headquarters of Rohde & Schwarz in Munich; two suspects have been arrested. This is the third such incident in Germany this week. Meanwhile, in Russia, the commander of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, General Nikolai Varfolomeyev, was shot and critically wounded by a motorcyclist.

New testimony from a woman, according to which the suspect declared his desire to "set the Jews on fire," and shortly thereafter the building went up in flames, led local police to a German citizen who died in 2020, who belonged to far-right circles and was sentenced to prison for blowing up telephone booths. 7 Holocaust survivors were murdered in the arson and 15 people were injured.

German investigators announced on Thursday that they have identified the arsonist behind the 1970 antisemitic attack at a Munich Jewish community center. Seven Holocaust survivors were killed in the blaze. The suspect, a 25-year-old neo-Nazi, passed away in 2020.

A passenger plane departing from Munich to Hanoi encountered a technical malfunction shortly after takeoff. After circling for over two hours to burn fuel, the aircraft landed, only to suffer burst tires, which blocked the runway.