Munich (dpa / lby) - In the Bavarian capital Munich, numerous traffic lights failed on Thursday afternoon. At first there was talk of a good 200 traffic lights, but in fact there may have been only 50, said a police spokesman in the evening. By 7:00 p.m. everything was back to normal. "There seems to have been some technical defect."

According to the spokesman, the traffic lights failed around 3:30 p.m. Among other things, there were calls from citizens to the police and the rescue control center. The east of the city area was particularly affected. Police officers temporarily controlled traffic at busy intersections.