Syrian Migrant Attacks German Music Festival to Avenge Islam

In the most recent attack, a 27-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker set off a backpack laden with explosives and shrapnel Sunday night after being refused entry to a crowded music festival in the Bavarian city of Ansbach, killing himself and wounding 15 people.

Police said the Syrian man meant to target the open-air festival attended by 2,500 people but was turned away as he did not have a ticket, and detonated the device outside a nearby cafe.

He had no criminal record but authorities believe he may have been “self-radicalised” and inspired by the ISIS group, which later claimed responsibility for the attack. Police also found numerous materials to make bombs in his room.

Bavarian Justice Minister Winfried Bausback said at a news conference with Herrmann: “The threat of Salafist terrorism has arrived in Europe, in Germany, but also in Bavaria”.

The attacks left ten victims dead and dozens wounded and have rekindled concerns about Germany’s ability to cope with the estimated 1 million migrants registered entering the country previous year. He then walked to the outdoor seating area of the bar, where the explosion hit, they said. The man had sought to enter the concert but couldn’t get in, Mr. Herrmann said earlier Monday.

“We must not place refugees under general suspicion, despite individual cases that are under investigation”, he said in an interview with the Funke media group.

Police said Monday the teenager was arrested late Sunday and investigators were able to retrieve a deleted chat between him and the attacker on the messaging app WhatsApp. The 21-year-old Syrian asylum seeker came to Germany one year ago, according to a police statement, and he was known to police for property thefts and assault.

In Munich on Sunday evening, 1,500 people gathered at the scene of the shooting there, lighting candles and placing flowers in tribute to the victims of an 18-year-old German-Iranian. He had again been prompted to leave the country this month.

Europe’s economic powerhouse was already reeling after nine people died in a shopping center shooting rampage in Munich on Friday, and four people were wounded in an axe attack on a train in Wurzburg on July 18.

“Everyone was shocked, nobody could help anyone, we didn’t know what to do”, she said.

Many acts of terrorism in Western countries are carried out in revenge for the countries’ intervention in regional hot spots. But, he added, “it is clear that with these attacks in quick succession, the worries and fears in our population will grow”.

This is the third attack in the past week to take place in Bavaria, the federal state in Southeast Germany.

Aamaq also tweeted a photo which it claims is the terrorist without any face covering.

“The Syrian in Ansbach was facing deportation and this was to Bulgaria”, he concluded. He was given accommodation in Ansbach, a city with a USA military base and a population of about 40,000 people.

Ansbach is home to a U.S. Army Garrison, with the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade located at the Katterbach Army Airfield just outside the city.

The garrison implemented security measures on Monday that included two gate closures.

He was generally a “friendly and happy” person, Mahmood said. The attack in the southern city of Ansbach on Sunday night was the fourth in Germany in a week.