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| Ansbach explosion: Syrian asylum seeker killed by own bomb | |
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| 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. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | Security services have sealed off the city centre and experts are trying to establish the kind of explosives the bomber used. |
| Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the suspected attacker had entered Germany two years ago and had his asylum claim rejected a year ago. | 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. | 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". | 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 and had spent time in a psychiatric clinic. | |
| "We don't know if this man planned on suicide or if he had the intention of killing others," he said. | |
| However, he added that the bomb in the backpack would have been sufficient to kill and injure many more people. | |
| Ansbach deputy police chief Roman Fertinger said there were "indications" that pieces of metal had been added to the explosive device. | |
| Witness Thomas Debinski said there was "panic" after the explosion, although some people thought it was caused by a gas explosion. | |
| "Then people came past and said it was a rucksack that had exploded," he told Sky News. | |
| "After what just happened in Munich it's very disturbing to think what can happen so close to you in such a small town." |