Islamist Threat Targets Oktoberfest, Authorities Investigate ISPK

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The police speak of a "high abstract danger". The threatening message is also being addressed by the counter-terrorism center in Berlin, because the IS offshoot ISPK is considered extremely dangerous.

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Millions of guests from all over the world come to Oktoberfest every year — a meeting place for nations. Now there is a threatening message. The police are meticulously examining them. An Islamist terrorist threat is also directed against Munich's Oktoberfest. According to several media, the radical Islamist group Islamic State Province of Khorasan (ISPK) has called for attacks on major events in various countries — and has also targeted Oktober…