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Germany blast: Ansbach bar explosion 'leaves one dead' Germany blast: Ansbach explosion 'kills suspected bomber'
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An explosion at a bar in the southern German city of Ansbach, near Nuremberg, has killed one person and injured at least 11 others, reports say. An explosion in the German city of Ansbach, near Nuremberg, has killed a suspected bomber and injured 10 other people, police say.
There are conflicting reports about the cause, although the city's mayor is quoted as saying it was an "explosive device". They said a man "according to our current knowledge the perpetrator, died" in the blast.
Police have sealed off the area around Eugene's Wine Bar, the Nordbayern.de news website reported. The target was not clear but about 2,000 people have been evacuated from a nearby open-air music festival the Bavarian Interior Ministry said.
It is third attack in the state of Bavaria in the past week.
A shooting rampage in Munich on Friday left nine dead while an axe attack on a train a week ago in Wuerzburg injured several people.
The explosion happened shortly after 22:00 (20:00 GMT) in, or close to, a wine bar that was near the entrance to the music festival, German media reported.
Initial reports suggested it might have been a gas explosion but the Bavarian interior ministry later said the blast appeared to have been intentional.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann is on his way to the scene.Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann is on his way to the scene.
The interior ministry said that the explosion appeared to have been intentional, contradicting initial reports that suggested it might have been a gas explosion. Ansbach Mayor Carda Seidel told journalists that the explosion was caused by an explosive device,
Ansbach Mayor Carda Seidel told journalists that the explosion was caused by an explosive device, Nordbayern.de said (in German). The city's central square is packed with emergency vehicles and a town house is being used as an operations centre, the news website Nordbayern.de said (in German).
The city's central square is packed with emergency vehicles and a town house is being used as an operations centre, the report added.
The incident comes amid tension following other bloody events in Germany over the past week.
A shooting rampage in Munich on Friday left nine dead while an axe attack on a train a week ago in Wuerzburg, Bavaria, injured several people.