Ansbach explosion: Fatality in blast that injured at least 10 believed to be bomber, police say
Explosion was caused by a device, not a gas cylinder as previously thought
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Your support makes all the difference.One person has been killed and another 11 injured in an explosion at a cafe in the Bavarian city of Ansbach. In a statement police said they believed the fatality to be the bomber.
The explosion occured shortly after 10pm outside a wine bar near the entrance to an open-air music festival, where there were some 2,500 people in attendance. The festival was shut down as a precaution.
Ansbach mayor Carda Seidel confirmed at a press conference that the explosion had been caused by a device. It had earlier been reported to be a gas explosion.
Germany is on edge after a deadly rampage at a Munich mall on Friday in which nine people were killed and an axe attack on a train near Wuerzburg last Monday in which five people were wounded.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann was being briefed about the incident, the spokesman said.
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