<p> A Syrian refugee has been killed setting off a bomb at a bar in southern Germany which also wounded a dozen other people, authorities say, the third attack to hit Bavaria in a week.<br /><br />The 27-year-old man, whose asylum application was rejected a year ago, had been targeting a nearby pop music festival, regional interior minister Joachim Herrmann said, according to DPA.<br /><br />Some 2,500 people have been evacuated from the concert after the explosion went off in front of a bar in the centre of Ansbach at around 10:00 PM (local time) yesterday.<br /><br />Police have blocked off the city centre and emergency services were at the scene. Bomb experts were also on their way to determine the cause of the blast.</p>.<p><br />"An explosion went off in the city centre and a man, who the latest enquiries show caused it, was killed in the event," police said in a statement.<br /><br />A dozen people were wounded in the explosion, three of them seriously, added a spokeswoman, without giving any more details.<br /><br />Michael Siefener, a spokesman for the regional interior ministry, said the explosion "was set off deliberately," adding that authorities were trying to establish the exact cause.<br />The blast is the third incident to hit the southern German state of Bavaria in a week, after nine were killed in a shooting rampage in Munich and several were wounded in an axe attack on a train.<br /><br />Europe has been on edge for months after a string of deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, including bombings in Brussels and carnage at Bastille Day celebrations in the southern French city of Nice. </p>
<p> A Syrian refugee has been killed setting off a bomb at a bar in southern Germany which also wounded a dozen other people, authorities say, the third attack to hit Bavaria in a week.<br /><br />The 27-year-old man, whose asylum application was rejected a year ago, had been targeting a nearby pop music festival, regional interior minister Joachim Herrmann said, according to DPA.<br /><br />Some 2,500 people have been evacuated from the concert after the explosion went off in front of a bar in the centre of Ansbach at around 10:00 PM (local time) yesterday.<br /><br />Police have blocked off the city centre and emergency services were at the scene. Bomb experts were also on their way to determine the cause of the blast.</p>.<p><br />"An explosion went off in the city centre and a man, who the latest enquiries show caused it, was killed in the event," police said in a statement.<br /><br />A dozen people were wounded in the explosion, three of them seriously, added a spokeswoman, without giving any more details.<br /><br />Michael Siefener, a spokesman for the regional interior ministry, said the explosion "was set off deliberately," adding that authorities were trying to establish the exact cause.<br />The blast is the third incident to hit the southern German state of Bavaria in a week, after nine were killed in a shooting rampage in Munich and several were wounded in an axe attack on a train.<br /><br />Europe has been on edge for months after a string of deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, including bombings in Brussels and carnage at Bastille Day celebrations in the southern French city of Nice. </p>