Herrmann, whose remarks were confirmed by a ministry spokesman, said the Syrian man arrived in Germany two years ago and had tried to commit suicide twice before. Ansbach resident Thomas Debinski said people panicked when they heard the explosion, especially after the events of the past week. "Suddenly you heard a loud, a really loud bang, it was like an exploding sound, definitely an explosion," he said. Herrmann said the man had apparently been denied entry to the Ansbach Open music festival shortly before the explosion, which happened outside a restaurant called Eugens Weinstube. More than 2,000 people were evacuated from the festival after the explosion, police said.

Source: The Star July 25, 2016 03:56 UTC