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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - The German city of Munich has told a fairground operator to take down a mural of New York's World Trade Center in flames decorating his horror ride before the city's beer festival opens Saturday.
The painting on the front wall of the "House of Horrors" ride depicts both towers billowing black smoke, echoing the hijacked-plane attacks of September 11 last year.
Thousands of foreigners, including Americans, visit the Oktoberfest, the world's biggest beer festival, every year, and locals sent letters of complaint about the mural to newspapers.
"The facade will be gone by the start of Oktoberfest on Saturday," said a spokeswoman for the city's tourism office. "They will have to change it."
The operator of the ride could not be reached, but the spokeswoman said the apocalyptic mural had been painted long before September 11, 2001.
Based on the horror film "Godzilla," it also features another New York skyscraper, the Chrysler building, exploding near the top and collapsing as fighter jets fly nearby.
The ride was not used at last year's Oktoberfest, though there were no complaints when it appeared at other fairgrounds.
The painting on the front wall of the "House of Horrors" ride depicts both towers billowing black smoke, echoing the hijacked-plane attacks of September 11 last year.
Thousands of foreigners, including Americans, visit the Oktoberfest, the world's biggest beer festival, every year, and locals sent letters of complaint about the mural to newspapers.
"The facade will be gone by the start of Oktoberfest on Saturday," said a spokeswoman for the city's tourism office. "They will have to change it."
The operator of the ride could not be reached, but the spokeswoman said the apocalyptic mural had been painted long before September 11, 2001.
Based on the horror film "Godzilla," it also features another New York skyscraper, the Chrysler building, exploding near the top and collapsing as fighter jets fly nearby.
The ride was not used at last year's Oktoberfest, though there were no complaints when it appeared at other fairgrounds.
