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| Ansbach explosion: one dead and 12 injured in German town after 'deliberate' blast - latest | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 2.13am BST | |
| 02:13 | |
| Here are some responses to the bombing on Twitter. | |
| 2.10am BST | |
| 02:10 | |
| We’re still waiting for the press conference which was due to start at 3am German time (2am BST) but seemes to have been delayed. | |
| In the meantime, footage of the music festival from earlier in the evening has been posted on Facebook by the organisers, Ansbach Open. It shows people in a picturesque old square swaying and waving their arms in time to the music. | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.14am BST | |
| 2.03am BST | |
| 02:03 | |
| Bomb disposal experts are on their way to the scene in Ansbach to determine the cause of the blast, AFP reports. The town centre has been sealed off. | |
| A spokesman for the regional interior minister said: “The explosion was set off deliberately.” The minister, Joachim Herrmann, was said to be on his way to the town. | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.06am BST | |
| 1.56am BST | |
| 01:56 | |
| Janek Schmidt, our reporter in Munich, has been following developments in Ansbach and says that local media report that the suspect had been trying to enter the festival earlier in the evening. | |
| He has this latest dispatch: | |
| According to Reporter 24, a news site, emergency workers have reported that the detonation came from a backpack that exploded. A security guard at the entrance to the music festival reported that a man with a backpack had been trying to get into the area. He had been turned away at the entrance and then went to the restaurant. Very briefly afterwards the explosion occurred at the restaurant. | |
| Janek also reports that there will be a press conference at 3am German time so we will try to bring updates as soon as possible. | |
| 1.51am BST | |
| 01:51 | |
| UPDATE: 12 injured, three seriously | |
| The number of injured people has increased from 11 to 12, the police say. Three have suffered serious injuries, the authorities said. | |
| 1.48am BST | |
| 01:48 | |
| Suspect was wearing a backpack, say police | |
| Police in Ansbach have just said that the suspected attacker was carrying a backpack when the explosion occurred. | |
| Police did not say whether the suspect intended to blow himself up or not. There were no other details on his identity. | |
| 1.34am BST | 1.34am BST |
| 01:34 | 01:34 |
| Germany has been in a heightened state of alert since the Munich shootings on Friday. People have been urged to stay at home as the chancellor, Angela Merkel, tries to calm fears about a string of attacks on civilians. | Germany has been in a heightened state of alert since the Munich shootings on Friday. People have been urged to stay at home as the chancellor, Angela Merkel, tries to calm fears about a string of attacks on civilians. |
| In addition to the Munich shootings, a teenager was shot dead in Würzburg in Bavaria last Monday after attacking people on a train. On Sunday a woman was killed with a machete in Reutlingen, also in Bavaria. | In addition to the Munich shootings, a teenager was shot dead in Würzburg in Bavaria last Monday after attacking people on a train. On Sunday a woman was killed with a machete in Reutlingen, also in Bavaria. |
| A Guardian editorial today tries to make sense of the “fearful” mood gripping Europe, which has also endured the Bastille Day attacks in Nice and the Paris terror attacks last November. The reasons behind the incidents are all different but the cumulative effect is to increase fear, it says. | A Guardian editorial today tries to make sense of the “fearful” mood gripping Europe, which has also endured the Bastille Day attacks in Nice and the Paris terror attacks last November. The reasons behind the incidents are all different but the cumulative effect is to increase fear, it says. |
| All raise genuine fears about wider personal safety. All fuel a more alarmist public mood and debate. In part, that is because they are so random, never directly provoked by the victims, except in the psychosis of the attacker. In part, it is because they often have radical Islamist terror connections or echoes, though not apparently in the Munich case, which plays into anti-immigrant fears. | All raise genuine fears about wider personal safety. All fuel a more alarmist public mood and debate. In part, that is because they are so random, never directly provoked by the victims, except in the psychosis of the attacker. In part, it is because they often have radical Islamist terror connections or echoes, though not apparently in the Munich case, which plays into anti-immigrant fears. |
| But it urges Europe to hold its nerve. | But it urges Europe to hold its nerve. |
| Read the whole article here: | Read the whole article here: |
| Related: The Guardian view on the Munich killings: a fearful Europe must hold its nerve | Editorial | Related: The Guardian view on the Munich killings: a fearful Europe must hold its nerve | Editorial |
| 1.20am BST | 1.20am BST |
| 01:20 | 01:20 |
| The music festival in the town for 2,500 people on Sunday has now been cancelled. Armed police are patrolling the streets of the historic town. | The music festival in the town for 2,500 people on Sunday has now been cancelled. Armed police are patrolling the streets of the historic town. |
| 1.12am BST | 1.12am BST |
| 01:12 | 01:12 |
| 'Perpretrator killed by device,' police believe | 'Perpretrator killed by device,' police believe |
| The police in Ansbach have said that the explosion was “deliberately brought about”, our reporter in the region Janek Schimdt says. | The police in Ansbach have said that the explosion was “deliberately brought about”, our reporter in the region Janek Schimdt says. |
| The dead person is probably the perpetrator of the explosion, according to the “current knowledge” of the police. | The dead person is probably the perpetrator of the explosion, according to the “current knowledge” of the police. |
| The police confirmed that another 11 people were injured in the incident. | The police confirmed that another 11 people were injured in the incident. |
| 1.03am BST | 1.03am BST |
| 01:03 | 01:03 |
| Ansbach is town of about 40,000 people near Nuremberg in Bavaria. | Ansbach is town of about 40,000 people near Nuremberg in Bavaria. |
| The region has already been shaken by the shooting dead of nine people by a teeenage gunman in Munich 200 kms away on Friday. | The region has already been shaken by the shooting dead of nine people by a teeenage gunman in Munich 200 kms away on Friday. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.36am BST | at 1.36am BST |
| 12.59am BST | 12.59am BST |
| 00:59 | 00:59 |
| 'Explosive device,' says mayor | 'Explosive device,' says mayor |
| The city’s mayor, Carda Seidel, told local media in the early hours of Monday that the blast in Ansbach was caused by an “explosive device”. | The city’s mayor, Carda Seidel, told local media in the early hours of Monday that the blast in Ansbach was caused by an “explosive device”. |
| The website for a group of local newspapers, nordbayern.de, reported that Seidel said it was not yet clear if it was an attack or how the device was triggered. | The website for a group of local newspapers, nordbayern.de, reported that Seidel said it was not yet clear if it was an attack or how the device was triggered. |
| Seidel said the explosion had occurred at a wine bar or restaurant. | Seidel said the explosion had occurred at a wine bar or restaurant. |
| Local media were also reporting that the bar was at the entrance to an open-air music festival being staged in the town. | Local media were also reporting that the bar was at the entrance to an open-air music festival being staged in the town. |
| 12.49am BST | 12.49am BST |
| 00:49 | 00:49 |
| Reports are coming in of an explosion in the southern German town of Ansbach. | Reports are coming in of an explosion in the southern German town of Ansbach. |
| The explosion has killed one person and injured 11 according to reports. | The explosion has killed one person and injured 11 according to reports. |
| A spokesman for the Bavarian interior ministry said the explosion was not an accident and appears to have been intentional. | A spokesman for the Bavarian interior ministry said the explosion was not an accident and appears to have been intentional. |
| Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann was en route to the site, the spokesman said. | Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann was en route to the site, the spokesman said. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.01am BST | at 1.01am BST |