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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   28 March 2024

Bavarian Interior Minister: Ansbach attack linked to Islamist terrorism

Bavarian Interior Minister: Ansbach attack linked to Islamist terrorism

YEREVAN, JULY 25, ARMENPRESS. A video alluding to the Islamic State militia has been found by police on the mobile phone of the bomber in Ansbach, says Bavaria's interior minister. Joachim Herrmann says the Syrian was a rejected asylum-seeker, Deutsche Welle reported.

Herrmann told a press conference in Nuremburg that the 27-year-old Syrian, who arrived in Germany in July 2014, had in the video declared his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Bagdaid, Islamic State's (IS) top leader.

The detonation outside an Ansbach cafe and close to an outdoor concert on Sunday evening wounded 15 people, many seriously, and killed the suspected bomber, who was carrying a rucksack.

"A video made by the assailant was found on his mobile phone in which he threatened an attack," Herrmann said.

Shortly after Herrmann's announcement, Islamic State's mouthpiece, the agency Aamaq, claimed that the Ansbach perpetrator had been one of IS' "soldiers."

German authorities have not yet identified the 27-year-old.

"After that he announced in the name of Allah that he pledged allegiance to (IS chief) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the well-known Islamist leader, and announced an act of revenge against Germans because they were standing in the way of Islam." Herrmann said.

Herrmann said two weeks ago the federal BAMF agency for migration and refugees had ordered the Syrian to leave Germany and return to Bulgaria, where he had first applied for asylum.

Police had earlier said the man intended to target the open-air festival but was turned away as he did not have a ticket. More than 2,500 people had gathered for the concert.








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