The Latest: Syrian blew himself up near wine bar by concert
Posted July 25, 2016 12:37 am.
Last Updated July 25, 2016 1:40 am.
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ANSBACH, Germany – The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local):
9:30 a.m.
Police say a 27-year-old Syrian blew himself up in the outside seating area of a wine bar near an open-air concert in southern Germany, killing himself and injuring 12 — three of them severely.
Bavaria police said in a statement Monday morning that security staff noticed the man with the backpack near the entrance of the concert site in Ansbach, where some 2,500 people were listening to music bands on Sunday night around 9:45 p.m.
Police spokeswoman Elke Schoenwald said he was refused entry to the concert because he didn’t have a ticket. He then sat down on a chair outside the nearby restaurant. According to witness accounts he briefly leaned forward at 10:10 p.m. and then triggered the explosion.
Police on Monday morning raided a nearby asylum shelter where the attacker seems to have lived, according to other residents of the home.
