Ansbach explosion: Syrian asylum seeker blows himself up in Germany
A
failed asylum seeker from Syria killed himself and injured 12 other
people after setting off a bomb near an open-air music festival in
the German city of Ansbach, officials say.
Bavaria's
interior minister said the 27-year-old man detonated a backpack
device after being refused entry to the festival in the southern
city.
About 2,500 people
were evacuated from the venue after the explosion.
It is the third
attack in the state of Bavaria in a week.
A shooting rampage
in Munich on Friday left nine dead while an axe-wielding teenager was
shot dead after injuring four people on a train a week ago in
Wuerzburg.
Police in protective
gear could be seen examining a backpack on the street
The explosion is
reported to have happened at about 22:10 (20:10 GMT) outside the
Eugens Weinstube bar in the city centre which is a short distance
from the entrance to the Ansbach Open music festival.
Police said three of
the injured were in a serious condition.
Security services
have sealed off the city centre and experts are trying to establish
the kind of explosives the bomber used.
Three of the injured
are said to be seriously hurt
Bavarian Interior
Minister Joachim Herrmann said the suspected attacker had entered
Germany two years ago and had his asylum claim rejected a year ago.
He had been given
leave to stay temporarily given the situation in his home country and
provided with an apartment in Ansbach, Mr Herrmann added.
The minister said he
was "incensed" by the attack, which he said demonstrated
the need "to strengthen controls on those we have living in our
country".
Mr Herrmann said the
man was known to have attempted suicide twice before, adding: "We
don't know if this man planned on suicide or if he had the intention
of killing others."
However, he said the
bomb in his backpack would have been sufficient to kill and injure
many more people.
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