What we know so far about music festival attacker in Germany

Germany, July 25 :In a shocking incident, a Syrian asylum seeker exploded a suicide bomb on Sunday night in a music festival which was taking place in Southern Germany.

The attack killed 12 people according to reports along with the bomber himself who was a 27 year old Syrian asylum seeker in Germany. He had been living in Germany for two years after his application got rejected by German authorities and his name is not released yet by the officials.

According to reports, man had been denied entry into the concert since he did not have a ticket. Hence, bombed himself outside the gate of the festival killing others.

‘’Last year his application for asylum was rejected by German authorities, though due to the civil war in Syria he had been allowed to stay in Germany’’, reports The Independent.

The attack took place at the Ansbach Open festival, where an audience of about 2,500 was present.

‘’At about 9:45 p.m. local time Sunday, security staff at the concert noticed a suspicious person wearing a backpack pacing up and down around the entrance to the event, the statement said’’, reports CNN.

According to reports, attacker’s backpack contained screws and nails, an apparent attempt to inflict widespread damage. The attack is not declared to be a terror attack yet but the officials have a strong doubt that it could be one.

It is the third attack in the German state in the recent times which has making the ocuntry unsafe for citizens and somehow it is affecting the ruling power of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

According to CNN reports, ‘’ Ansbach is a major U.S. military garrison town, with around 5,000 members of the military living there, along with civilians, contractors and retirees. There are three military installations in the Ansbach area, according to the garrison’s website.’’

Bavarian Interior Minister Hermann told CNN that, “it has been almost nine years now that I am interior minister. And I have not had, thank goodness, to experience something like this during these nine years until now. And I do hope that I will not experience something like that so soon and fast.”