1980 neo-Nazi terrorist attack in Munich, West Germany
This article is about the 1980 bombing. For the 1972 massacre, see Munich massacre. For the 2016 mass shooting, see 2016 Munich shooting.
For other uses, see Oktoberfest (disambiguation).
Oktoberfest bombing
Part of Terrorism in Germany
Monument at the site (2008)
Location
Munich, West Germany
Date
26 September 1980
Target
Oktoberfest participants
Attack type
Bombing, mass murder, neo-Nazi terrorism
Weapons
Pipe bomb
Deaths
13 (including the perpetrator)
Injured
213
Perpetrator
Gundolf Köhler Other unknown accomplices (alleged)
The Oktoberfest bombing (German: Oktoberfest-Attentat) was a far-right terrorist attack.[1][2] On 26 September 1980, 13 people were killed (including the perpetrator) and more than 200 injured by the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) at the main entrance of the Oktoberfest festival in Munich, West Germany. The bombing was attributed to the right-wing extremist and geology student Gundolf Köhler, who was instantly killed in the attack as the bomb exploded prematurely.
Prior to the bombing, Köhler had been involved with the banned neo-Nazi militia Wehrsportgruppe Hoffmann, and doubts remain as to whether he acted alone. A federal investigation concluded in 2020 that the participation of accomplices or backers in the bombing could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt, although it still could not be precluded.[2]
Excluding the perpetrators, the attack was one of the deadliest in Germany since World War II after the 2016 Berlin truck attack, and along with the 1972 Munich massacre,[3] and the deadliest perpetrated by a follower of Nazism in the country since 1945.[4][5]
^AFP (8 July 2020). "Germany: 1980 Oktoberfest bombing a 'far-right attack'". Deutsche Welle.
^ abRamelsberger, Annette (7 July 2020). "Oktoberfest-Attentat in München: Ermittlungen enden". Süddeutsche.
^Koehler, Daniel (2016). Right-Wing Terrorism in the 21st Century: The 'National Socialist Underground' and the History of Terror from the Far-Right in Germany. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-30105-9.
^Cite error: The named reference NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^dpa (17 May 2019). "Ermittlungen zum Oktoberfestattentat 1980 werden offenbar eingestellt". Die Zeit.
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