Ansbach explosion: Syrian asylum seeker blows himself up in Germany

A failed Syrian asylum seeker has blown himself up and injured 15 other people with a backpack bomb near a festival in the south German town of Ansbach. The 27-year-old man, who faced deportation to Bulgaria, detonated the device after being refused entry to the music festival, Bavarian officials say.

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7.25 アンスバッハ 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 (