Several injured in German restaurant explosion
UPDATE: One person has died and several others have been injured in an explosion outside a restaurant in Ansbach, Germany.
Local media report the explosion was a deliberate attack with the blast believed to have been caused by an explosive device placed on the footpath in front of a wine bar.
A major police operation is currently underway in the German city.
A music festival which was scheduled to take place in the area has since been cancelled.
#Ansbach: Witness reports claim just before the explosion a man with a backpack was denied entry to the music festival (@L0gg0l)
— I.E.N. (@GoldenKrant) July 24, 2016
The incident is the latest in a string of horror attacks in the country in recent days.
On Friday, nine people were shot dead in a shopping centre in Munich. While a woman was killed and another two injured by a man armed with a machete in Reutlingen on Sunday.
? Explosion à #Ansbach: Selon le maire il s’agirait d’une bombe. Au moins 1 mort et 11 blessés, certains graves pic.twitter.com/SOpHXjMYgp
— B3zero (@B3zero) July 24, 2016
EARLIER: Several people have been injured in a restaurant explosion in Ansbach, Germany.
A major police operation is currently underway in the German city after a blast ripped through a wine bar.
#BREAKING: Explosion kills one in restaurant in #German city of Ansbach near Nuremberg, cause unknown
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) July 24, 2016
The cause of the blast is currently unknown however there are reports of a possible gas leak.
Police and rescue workers are on scene with reports at least one person has died and ten others wounded.
#Germany – 2 deads, 9 injured after explosion in #Ansbach restaurant https://t.co/QAtaKQxXEYpic.twitter.com/xSx0OXfg9e
— Sunset (@_darkhours) July 24, 2016
The country has already been through two horror incidents in recent days.
On Friday, nine people were shot dead in a shopping centre in Munich. While a woman was killed and another two injured by a man with a machete in Reutlingen on Sunday.
Cause of explosion still unclear. Police have cordoned off the center of the city where it happened. #Ansbach #Germany
— Brandon Conradis (@BConradis) July 24, 2016
German police have said one person is dead after an explosion in a restaurant in the city of #Ansbach near Nuremberg
— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) July 24, 2016
