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http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/24/world/ansbach-germany-blast/By Tim Hume, Euan McKirdy and Nadine Schmidt, CNN
Ansbach, Germany (CNN)A Syrian asylum seeker exploded a suicide bomb Sunday night outside a music festival in southern Germany in the latest violent attack to rattle the country in the past week.
The blast injured 12 people in Ansbach, including three seriously, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said at a news conference Monday. The bomber, a 27-year-old Syrian national known to police, was killed, Hermann said.
The attack took place at the final concert of the Ansbach Open music festival, where about 2,500 were in attendance, police said.
At about 9:45 p.m. Sunday, security staff at the concert noticed a suspicious person wearing a backpack pacing up and down around the entrance to the event, a police statement said.
The man had been denied entry into the concert since he did not have a ticket, according to Hermann.
The police statement said that the bomber "lingered around in the outdoor seating area of a nearby wine restaurant."
"An explosion took place at around 10:10 p.m. in that area after the young man briefly leaned forward, according to eye witness accounts," it said.
The music festival and surrounding area were then evacuated.
Herrmann said the attacker's backpack contained screws and nails in an apparent bid to inflict widespread damage.
Authorities said the bomber, who has not been named, entered Germany two years ago.
He had applied for asylum, but his application had been rejected. He was not sent back to Syria, as German policy does not allow rejected applicants to return to war zones.
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