2016 Ansbach bombing

2016 suicide bombing in Ansbach, Germany January 2020 2016 Ansbach bombing terrorism in Germany (Islamic terrorism in Europe and the spillover of the Syrian Civil War) Ansbach - 2013 Mattes (91) 2.jpg Eugens Weinstube, where the explosion happened Sprengstoffanschlag von Ansbach – Lageplan.jpg 250 Location map 15px  Site of explosion.   ☐  Venue area. ① Entrance / Ticket checkpoint Pfarrstraße. ② Entrance / Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Platz. Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany 49 18 0 N 10 35 0 E region:DE-BY_type:event inline,title 2016 07 24 yes 22:12 CEST Suicide bombingSuicide bombing outside cafe in Ansbach, Germany http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id4956 25 July 2016 BNO News 24 July 2016 1 (the perpetrator) 15Farrer Martin Ansbach explosion: one dead and 12 injured in German town after 'deliberate' blast – latest the Guardian 24 July 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jul/25/ansbach-explosion-german-town-deliberate-blast-latest 25 July 2016 Mohammad Daleel IED Jihadism On 24 July 2016, fifteen people were injured, four seriously, in a suicide bombing outside a wine bar in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.Germany blast: Ansbach bar explosion 'leaves one dead' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36880758 25 July 2016 BBC 25 July 2016 The bomber, identified by police as Mohammad Daleel, was a 27-year-old Syrian asylum seeker who had pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State. He was the only fatality in the incident.Connor Laura ISIS say Ansbach suicide bomber was 'Islamic State soldier' https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/isis-say-ansbach-suicide-bomber-8489837 25 July 2016 Daily Mirror MGN Limited 25 July 2016Bavaria's top security official says Ansbach attacker a 27-year-old Syrian who had been denied asylum http://www.newsday.com/news/world/bavaria-s-top-security-official-says-ansbach-attacker-a-27-year-old-syrian-who-had-been-denied-asylum-1.12086227 25 July 2016 Associated Press Newsday 24 July 2016 5 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180805084215/https://www.newsday.com/news/world/bavaria-s-top-security-official-says-ansbach-attacker-a-27-year-old-syrian-who-had-been-denied-asylum-1.12086227 dead According to German authorities, Daleel was in contact with the Islamic State and had been planning more attacks before his backpack bomb exploded accidentally.http://m.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-1106271.html Terror Investigation: Germany Attackers Had Contact with Suspected IS Members 5 August 2016 Andreas Ulrich Der Spiegel Spiegel Online The incident followed three other violent incidents that occurred in Germany within a week.Darko Janjevic Police arrest Syrian man after woman killed in knife attack in Germany http://www.dw.com/en/police-arrest-syrian-man-after-woman-killed-in-knife-attack-in-germany/a-19424224 25 July 2016 Deutsche WelleSyrian man carrying bomb dies in Germany; 12 wounded https://ca.news.yahoo.com/one-dead-10-injured-blast-near-nuremberg-germany-001700976.html Yahoo Reuters 24 July 2016http://www.polizei.bayern.de/lka/news/presse/aktuell/index.html/257942 https://archive.today/20171024073539/http://www.polizei.bayern.de/lka/news/presse/aktuell/index.html/257942 dead 24 October 2017 Ermittlungen zum Münchner Amoklauf abgeschlossen Landescriminalamt Bayern 24 October 2017 The Ansbach bombing was the first suicide bombing in Germany by Islamic terrorists,Troianovski Anton Anton Troianovski Buell Todd 25 July 2016 Ansbach Bombing in Germany Believed to Be Islamist Terror Attack The Wall Street Journal Berlin and Ansbach https://www.wsj.com/articles/syrian-asylum-seeker-blows-himself-up-outside-concert-in-germany-1469447416 subscription 25 July 2016Erster Selbstmordanschlag in Deutschland - Bundesanwaltschaft übernimmt Ermittlungen, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 25 July 2016, in German and the first since World War II. Cüneyt Çiftçi, the perpetrator of a 2008 suicide bombing in Afghanistan, who had previously lived in Ansbach, is considered the first suicide bomber to have been born and raised in Germany.Matthias Gebauer 'Bavarian Taliban' Video: The Smiling Suicide Bomber Der Spiegel Spiegel Online http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/bavarian-taliban-video-the-smiling-suicide-bomber-a-543768.html 27 March 2008 26 July 2016 Event At 22:12 CEST (20:12 UTC), a bomb exploded outside Eugens Weinstube (Eugene's Wine Bar) in Ansbach, Germany and injured fifteen people, four seriously.Lee Buffer / Kevan Suspected Suicide Bomber Targets Music Festival in Germany, Injuring 12 https://time.com/4421119/bomb-bar-germany-ansbach/ 25 July 2016 Time Time Inc. 24 July 2016 The explosion occurred near the entrance to the Ansbach Open music festival with around 2,500 people in attendance.Germany attack Live: One killed, 12 injured in explosion at a bar near Nuremberg, say police http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/germany-explosion-live-nuremberg-death-injured-2933856/ The Indian Express The Express Group 25 July 2016Christys Patrick BREAKING: At least one dead and 12 injured in suicide bomb attack at German wine bar http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/692793/Ansbach-explosion-Nuremberg-Germany-Blast 25 July 2016 Express Express Newspapers 24 July 2016 It was initially thought to have been caused by a gas leak.December 2020 Daleel was communicating with someone online immediately before the blast.http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2016-07-27-EU--Germany-Attacks/id-0c47d83a5e8f4c238dc8fafade66b69a Minister: Bavaria bomber in online chat before attack Associated Press 27 July 2016 28 July 2016 Kirsten Grieshaber Bassem Mroue https://web.archive.org/web/20160730083604/http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2016-07-27-EU--Germany-Attacks/id-0c47d83a5e8f4c238dc8fafade66b69a 30 July 2016 dead dmy-all Daleel was in communication with a telephone number in Saudi ArabiaGabriel Gatehouse Germany 'was warned about Ansbach suicide bomber' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37059100 23 August 2016 BBC German investigators have not ruled out the possibility that Mohammed Daleel may have had contact with jihadist groups years before he detonated his bomb. They say he was communicating with a telephone number in Saudi Arabia in the minutes before the attack. minutes before the attack. He carried a backpack filled with screws, nails, and miscellaneous metal parts used in wood manufacturing and was denied entry into the music festival shortly before the blast because he had no ticket.Young Matt Bomb explosion in Ansbach, Germany https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/bomb-explosion-in-ansbach-germany/news-story/51b8c593e80195c270d84c22ead50eda 25 July 2016 news.com.au News LimitedEllis Ralph Suicide bomb rocks Ansbach, Germany http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/24/world/ansbach-germany-blast/index.html 25 July 2016 CNN Turner Broadcasting System Thereafter, witnesses say, Daleel sat outside Eugene's Wine Bar, leaned forward, and detonated an improvised explosive device.Troianovski Anton Apparent suicide bomber kills himself, injures 12 in Germany http://www.marketwatch.com/story/explosion-kills-one-injures-10-in-germany-2016-07-24 25 July 2016 Market Watch MarketWatch, Inc. 25 July 2016 Emergency personnel arrived and attempted to resuscitate Daleel, but he was already dead. German authorities now believe Daleel intended to remotely detonate the Ansbach bomb while filming it and to later commit further terrorist attacks.Andreas Ulrich Germany Attackers Had Contact with Suspected IS Members http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/attackers-in-germany-had-contact-with-suspected-is-members-a-1106271.html 2 October 2016 Der Spiegel authorities believe the perpetrator's death on July 24 was likely an accident. They think his intention had been to deposit a backpack carrying homemade explosives within a crowd at a music festival in the city before detonating it remotely [...] to film the detonation and the ensuing inferno and to send the video to IS. But it appears the explosive detonated prematurely, killing Daleel and injuring 15 others. Perpetrator Mohammad Daleel (ar محمد دليل), also known as Abu Yusuf al-Karrar (Arabic: أبو يوسف الكرار), was a 27-year-old Syrian refugee from Aleppo who had arrived in Germany in 2014 seeking asylum.Germany: Twelve wounded in Ansbach bombing http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/germany-syrian-asylum-seeker-ansbach-explosion-160725031650522.html 25 July 2016 aljazeera.com Al Jazeera Media Network 25 July 2016Troianovski Anton Bender Ruth Buell Todd ISIS Suicide Bombing Sets Germany on Edge https://www.wsj.com/articles/isis-suicide-bombing-sets-germany-on-edge-1469485277 26 July 2016 The Wall Street Journal 25 July 2016 According to Bild, he was a member of Islamic State of Iraq many years ago.How many years ago? As of when? April 2021http://m.bild.de/politik/inland/isis/terrornetzwerk-veroeffentlicht-nachruf-auf-ansbach-attentaeter-mohammad-daleel-47008582.bildMobile.html So tief steckte er im ISIS-Sumpf Stritzel Björn 27 July 2016 m.bild.de 29 July 2016 Bild is deprecated at WP:RSP because considered unreliable. April 2021 Islamic State called Daleel a "soldier of the Caliphate".ZOIE O'BRIEN 'More will come' ISIS warns HUNDREDS of jihadis have SNUCK into Schengen to attack Europe http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/706845/Islamic-state-ISIS-terrorist-attacks-smuggled-thousands-extremists-snuck-Europe-migrants 28 September 2016 Daily and Sunday Express Mohammad Daleel, a 27-year-old failed asylum seeker, who blew himself up outside a party in Ansbach, Germany. ISIS later said he was a "soldier of the Caliphate". Bild further says he told German officials that he was a Sunni Muslim and had come from Aleppo. He said he had studied law for half a year and worked at a soap factory owned by his father. "A missile had damaged our house, I was heavily injured and brought to Turkey", he claimed in his asylum application.April 2021 Bild is not a reliable source and therefore deprecated for the English Wikipedia. See WP:RSP Immigration Mohammad Daleel left Syria on 16 July 2013. Traffickers drove him to Bulgaria, where he filed an asylum request in September 2013.Ansbach attacker: Asylum seeker to IS suicide bomber - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36886647 25 July 2016 BBC 25 July 2016 On 17 April 2014, he said, he flew from Sofia to Vienna on Austrian Airlines, Flight OS 806, Seat 22A, with one suitcase. A "mysterious benefactor" gave him the airplane ticket at no charge.Erik Kirschbaum Joseph Nasr Joern Poltz Fervent jihadist or suicidal refugee: the many faces of Bavarian bomber https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-attacks-germany-daleel-insight-idUSKCN10823G 28 July 2016 Reuters he was detained and fingerprinted in Bulgaria before a mysterious benefactor gave him a free plane ticket to help him get to Germany Austrian police seized him and took his documents. On 20 April, he applied for asylum in Austria but then decided to go to Munich on 5 July 2014, where he also applied for asylum in Germany. He stated to German authorities that he had been a victim of torture, a claim of which there is no record of him having previously made, and which The New York Times characterised as appearing to be "embellishments" he made.MELISSA EDDY BORYANA DZHAMBAZOVA How a Suicide Bomber Made His Way From Syria to Strike in Ansbach, Germany https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/world/europe/germany-refugees-terrorism.html?_r=0 8 August 2016 The New York Times 4 August 2016 As he sought asylum in Europe, Mr. Daleel appears to have either embellished or omitted key parts of his history in constantly shifting accounts [...] Mr. Daleel did not claim he had been tortured during the two months he was detained in Bulgaria, as he later told the German authorities. The Bulgarian authorities said they knew of no abuse. German officials and the local court in Ansbach rejected his first asylum request on 2 December 2014 and ordered his deportation to Bulgaria. Normal procedure in Germany did not allow Daleel to be deported to his home country due to the ongoing Syrian civil war. As he had been registered in Bulgaria, German officials and the local court in Ansbach ordered his deportation to Bulgaria.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/syrian-asylum-seeker-detonates-explosive-in-germany-kills-self-wounds-12/2016/07/25/62865139-5de9-4afb-b77e-7e5d1c3a25b1_story.html Syrian bomber at German music festival was set to be deported, police say The Washington Post 25 July 2016 He then attempted to commit suicide twice and was under psychiatric care.Ansbach suicide bomber confirms Isis loyalty in video http://www.thelocal.de/20160725/ansbach-suicide-bomber-confirms-isis-link-in-video 25 July 2016 The Local The Local Europe 25 July 2016 Due to Daleel's mental health diagnosis, the deportation to Bulgaria was suspended. On 13 July 2016, a second deportation notice to Bulgaria was sent to Daleel.Osborne Samuel Syrian asylum seeker who killed himself and injured 15 in Ansbach was facing deportation https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ansbach-explosion-germany-suicide-bombing-syrian-asylum-seeker-attack-deportation-bulgaria-latest-a7154646.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ansbach-explosion-germany-suicide-bombing-syrian-asylum-seeker-attack-deportation-bulgaria-latest-a7154646.html 1 May 2022 subscription live 25 July 2016 The Independent 25 July 2016Eddy Melissa Suicide Bomber in Ansbach, Germany, Pledged Loyalty to ISIS, Officials Say https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/world/europe/ansbach-germany-music-festival-explosion.html 25 July 2016 The New York Times 25 July 2016 As Daleel was part of the Islamic in Syria and was receiving detailed instructions from the group, there were speculations that he may have exaggerated his mental health problems to evade deportation.https://ctc.usma.edu/is-there-a-nexus-between-terrorist-involvement-and-mental-health-in-the-age-of-the-islamic-state/ Is There a Nexus Between Terrorist Involvement and Mental Health in the Age of the Islamic State? – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point 23 January 2017 Combating Terrorism Center at West Point 27 October 2018 en-US 27 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181027101435/https://ctc.usma.edu/is-there-a-nexus-between-terrorist-involvement-and-mental-health-in-the-age-of-the-islamic-state/ dead Minister of Parliament Harald Weinberg of the Left Party blocked the deportation,Benjamin Weinthal Europe terror attacks spotlight security failings amid refugee crisis https://www.foxnews.com/world/europe-terror-attacks-spotlight-security-failings-amid-refugee-crisis 8 August 2016 Fox News authorities did not arrest him, but they did move to deport him earlier this year. The effort was blocked by German Left Party MP Harald Weinberg, who demanded that Daleel get medical care for a knee injury.Jörg Diehl Christoph Sydow Attentäter von Ansbach: Auffällig unauffällig http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ansbach-der-auffaellig-unauffaellige-taeter-mohammad-daleel-a-1104809.html 8 August 2016 Der Spiegel de gegen die er sich lange Zeit juristisch und auch mithilfe des örtlichen Linken-Bundestagsabgeordneten Harald Weinberg gewehrt hatte Christoph Sydow one of six asylum seekers he has aided.Linken-Politiker setzte sich für Bleiberecht von Syrer ein http://www.fnp.de/nachrichten/politik/tagesthema/Linken-Politiker-setzte-sich-fuer-Bleiberecht-von-Syrer-ein;art46567,2130726l 28 July 2016 Frankfurter Neue Presse 26 July 2016 He said he is "shocked and saddened" by the attack, "Especially since I am often at the Eugene Weinstube and am familiar with many guests there," but given what he knew at that time he believed he had done the right thing. Due to Daleel's mental health diagnosis, the deportation to Bulgaria was suspended. On 13 July 2016, a second deportation notice to Bulgaria was sent to Daleel.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/islamic-state-publishes-video-of-suicide-bomber-in-germany/2016/07/26/ba38ec41-f5df-4701-8a77-48f58fb62116_story.html Islamic State publishes video of purported suicide bomber in Germany Faiola Anthony 26 July 2016 washingtonpost.com 29 July 2016 Axel von Maltitz, a trauma specialist, wrote a report in 2015 where he warned about Daleel's "extreme spirit" and stated «attempts to deport Mr Daleel could result in a "spectacular" suicide attempt». The report was sent to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.Gabriel Gatehouse Germany 'was warned about Ansbach suicide bomber' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37059100 23 August 2016 BBC A 25-page psychological assessment written more than a year before mentioned his "extreme spirit". It was sent to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. It warned that attempts to deport Mr Daleel could result in a "spectacular" suicide attempt. Paul Cruickshank, the Editor-in-Chief of CTC Sentinel, a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, has suggested Daleel 'faked or exaggerated' any mental health problems in an attempt to stay in Germany.https://twitter.com/CruickshankPaul/status/758078154212777984 ISIS are claiming he was member for years. Cruickshank Paul 27 July 2016 twitter.com 29 July 2016 Daleel had been treated around 6 months in an institution called "Exilio e.V." in Lindau by heilpraktikers which claims to offer holistic health treatment "for immigrants" under the leadership of Gisela von Maltitz and Axel von Maltitz. Purportedly, the institution does not include any qualified Doctor of Medicine, psychologist or psychiatrist. The institution has been criticized for using "dubious" practices such as rebirthing.http://edzardernst.com/2016/07/ansbach-suicide-bomber-had-alternative-treatments-for-severe-psychological-trauma/ Ansbach suicide-bomber had alternative treatments for severe psychological trauma Ernst Edzard 29 July 2016 29 July 2016 Other allegations It was claimed that Daleel had once attempted to firebomb a German immigration office, but been dissuaded by an aide assigned him (as a refugee asylum applicant) to "help him adapt in Germany".MATTHEW SCHOFIELD German bomber got online instructions from Middle East, police say http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article92427897.html 23 August 2016 McClatchy Newspapers An aide assigned to help him adapt in Germany told German media that he once met an angry Daleel on the street, carrying a bottle of gasoline in a bag, and on his way to a government immigration office. The aide said he was able to calm Daleel down. Preparation for the bombing It was alleged that Daleel built the explosive device "in the refugee center",Helmar Büchel Florian Flade Kristian Frigelj Matthias Kamann Wolfgang Büscher Ein neues Deutschland https://www.welt.de/print/wams/article157946272/Ein-neues-Deutschland.html 28 September 2016 Die Welt de Vor einem Weinlokal in der Altstadt explodiert die Bombe im Rucksack. Er hat sie in der Asylunterkunft gebaut. and that it took him three months, during which period German police raided the building he was living in but failed to arrest him. He was in constant contact with "one of the soldiers" of IS.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/27/ansbach-bombers-membership-of-jihadist-group-raises-questions-ov/ Ansbach bomber's membership of jihadist group raises questions over Germany's screening of asylum-seekers Ensor Josie 27 July 2016 The Telegraph 29 July 2016 Daleel conducted reconnaissance of the location a day before the attack. He also sent a video to the Islamic State, which was released by Amaq News Agency.http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/07/attacks-in-france-and-germany-claimed-by-islamic-state-propaganda-arm.php Attacks in France and Germany claimed by Islamic State propaganda arm Joscelyn Thomas 26 July 2016 longwarjournal.org 29 July 2016 Aftermath The music festival was cancelled and the immediate vicinity in which the bombing occurred was evacuated. Investigation German authorities have found a video showing Daleel pledging allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and intending to attack Germans on his phone. Multiple cell phones, SIM cards, a notebook, and six Facebook accounts with Islamist material that belonged to Daleel were also discovered and under investigation. Furthermore, inside the asylum accommodation in which the attacker lived, materials for bomb building were uncovered. Joachim Herrmann, the Bavarian interior minister, said that "it is unquestionable that it is a terror attack with corresponding Islamist convictions of the perpetrator." Less than an hour after media reported that the attacker had made a pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Amaq News Agency called him an Islamic State fighter who executed the operation in response to calls to target countries of the coalition that fights Islamic State. The attack came to be considered a "lone wolf attack."Harry Bruinius What foiled New York subway attack says about lone-wolf bombers https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2017/1212/What-foiled-New-York-subway-attack-says-about-lone-wolf-bombers 13 December 2017 CSM 12 December 2017https://www.ft.com/content/36cc3a6c-533e-11e6-befd-2fc0c26b3c60 Lone wolf attacks raise the tempo of terror in Europe Financial Times 26 July 2016 Reactions As a result of the recent attacks in Germany, the hashtag #Merkelsommer and phrase "Merkel summer" trended on Twitter starting on 25 July 2016 and appeared in other social media.Connolly Kate Pressure grows on Angela Merkel to start closing Germany's open door https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/25/pressure-grows-on-angela-merkel-to-start-closing-germanys-open-door 25 July 2016 The Guardian Guardian News and Media Limited 25 July 2016 Experts believed that the recent attacks could create an anti-foreigner sentiment in the country, thus presenting criticism and pressure for Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany since 2005.German Refugee Policy Under Fire After a Week of Bloodshed https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/07/25/world/europe/ap-eu-germany-merkels-migrant-troubles.html 25 July 2016 AP The New York Times 25 July 2016 Joachim Herrmann acknowledged that it was "a very terrible week, as I think it was for most of the people in Bavaria." He said that German authorities would investigate ways to prevent abuse of the asylum system. See also List of Islamist terrorist attacks Ansbach school attack Munich knife attack (10 May 2016) Immigration and crime in Germany References 30em Germany Category:2016 in Bavaria Category:Attacks on bars in Europe Category:2016 building bombings Category:Building bombings in Germany 2016 bombing Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016 Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Germany Category:July 2016 crimes in Europe Category:July 2016 in Germany Category:Suicide bombings in 2016 Category:Suicide bombings in Germany Category:Terrorist incidents in Bavaria Category:Terrorist incidents in Germany in 2016 Category:Refugees in Germany Category:Attacks on restaurants in Germany Category:Restaurant bombings in Europe