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Music festival explosion in German town of Ansbach kills one and injures 10 Explosion outside German music festival kills one and injures 12
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An explosion which has killed one person and injured 10 in southern Germany was caused deliberately, the authorities have said. One person has been killed and another 12 people injured, three seriously, after a “deliberate explosion” outside a music festival in the German town of Ansbach.
The mayor of Ansbach, a town near Nuremberg in Bavaria, told reporters that the explosion on Sunday evening had been caused deliberately. Authorities said the person who died is believed to have set off the explosion and was carrying a backpack at the time of the blast, at about 10pm on Sunday.
The mayor of Ansbach, a town near Nuremberg in Bavaria, told reporters the blast had been caused deliberately.
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Police said that “a man, according to our current knowledge the perpetrator, died” in the blast. Police later added that “a man, according to our current knowledge the perpetrator, died” in the blast.
The explosion, which followed the killing of nine people by an 18-year-old gunman in Munich on Friday, occurred at a restaurant, the Nuernberger Nachrichten newspaper reported. A music festival was taking place in the town on Sunday. As many as 2,500 people are said to have been attending the music festival at the time of the explosion. The entire area has been evacuated and the festival cancelled.
Police had said earlier that the explosion might have been caused by a gas leak. The explosion, which followed the killing on Friday of nine people by an 18-year-old gunman in Munich, occurred at a wine bar called Eugene’s, the Nürnberger Nachrichten newspaper reported. A music festival was taking place in the town on Sunday.
Police had said earlier the explosion might have been caused by a gas leak.
But a spokesman for the Bavarian interior ministry later said the explosion was not an accident and appeared to have been intentional.But a spokesman for the Bavarian interior ministry later said the explosion was not an accident and appeared to have been intentional.
The minister, Joachim Herrmann, was en route to the site, the spokesman said. The interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, is travelling to the scene, the spokesman said.
Ansbach police said in a statement that just after 10 pm Sunday they were alerted to an explosion in the city centre. Ansbach police said in a statement that just after 10pm on Sunday they were alerted to an explosion in the city centre.
They said that “a man, according to our current knowledge the perpetrator, died” in the blast.They said that “a man, according to our current knowledge the perpetrator, died” in the blast.
Ansbach police could not immediately be reached for further comment.Ansbach police could not immediately be reached for further comment.
As many as 2500 people are said to have been attending the music festival at the time of the explosion. The entire area has been evacuated and the festival cancelled.