Posted on 07/24/2016 4:23:55 PM PDT by aquila48
An explosion at a restaurant has killed at least one person and injured several others in the German city of Ansbach, near Nuremberg.
Although the cause of the blast remains unknown, early local media reports suggest the explosion could have been caused by a gas leak.
One person has been confirmed dead and at least 11 more are injured.
A nearby music festival has now been cancelled as Germany remains on high alert in the wake of a series of incidents in recent days.
A police spokesman in Ansbach confirmed that an explosion had been reported, but had no further information.
A spokesman for the Bavarian Interior Ministry said it was unclear if the blast was'accidental or intentional'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
German authorities are pretty certain it was a bomb.
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A spokesman for the Bavarian interior minister said that the explosion in the Eugene Weinstube restaurant was a “deliberate” act rather than an accident.“At present we assume it is not an accident," the spokesman said.
Initial reports indicated that a gas leak may have caused the incident, but the mayor of the city, Carda Seidel, announced that authorities believe it was triggered by an improvised explosive device.
According to media reports, the explosion occurred in front of a restaurant shortly after 10:00pm local time. A music festival nearby was forced to end and around 2,500 visitors were evacuated.
Police and rescue workers are currently engaged in a large-scale operation. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann is en route to the area, according to his spokesman.
Heavily armed police and rescue personnel are on site, and a helicopter with search light has been circling the city.
Same here. A nice city with great friendly people. I hate hearing this. This one kind of hits home to the wife and I.
We may never know the motivation of the Mooslim bomber.
It’s past time for the world to declare war on Islam...
Ah, I see that “friendly face” Angela Merkel wanted Germany to show the Muslim hordes is really paying off.
I said a while back that 50 years from now Merkel will be seen as worse than Hitler.
Now I don’t think it will take anywhere near that long
As he set off the bomb, the assailant screamed, “Allahu Akbar!”
How peculiar. What could that have to do with setting off a bomb?
We may never know his motive.
Isn’t she former Stasi or something?
These guys use anything — cars, trucks, bombs, handguns, rifles, knives, machetes, gas lines. This is the diversity of which Merkel is so proud!
No, no. It’s swamp gas. Nothing to see here.
“Allahu Akbar!”
There’s that howl again.
All the lone wolves seem to have it. Probably a special breed, or specie.
Or “Neo-nazi”.
We may never know what caused the explosion.
911 reporting it was an intentional act.
Perhaps they were blowing up a refrigerator?
Sure it’s another ‘lone wolf’ nothing to see here move along. Bomber likely has a book on school shootings in his backpack.
That was a strange time one year after 9/11.
It’s in too many pieces and gas phases to unravel now.
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