A Syrian migrant who blew himself up outside a music festival venue in the Bavarian town of Ansbach on Sunday night pledged allegiance to the Daesh extremist group in a video found on his phone.
- The 27-year-old vowed to take "revenge against the Germans for obstructing Islam," Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Hermann said.
- Daesh claimed he was one of its "soldiers."
- Federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation; they suspect the bomber was a member of Daesh.
- The man from Aleppo in northern Syria came to Germany in August 2014. He was denied asylum and was due for deportation to Bulgaria.
- Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the deportation had been suspended because of his "psychological instability."
- 15 people were wounded in the attack.
- About 2,500 people were at the festival.
- The explosive device was in his rucksack and he set it off after being denied entry to the venue because he did not have a ticket.
- The suspect had tried to kill himself on two prior occasions and had received treatment at a psychiatric clinic.
- He was known to police for drug-related and other crimes.
- Police raided his refugee hostel and found bomb-making items such as hydrochloric acid and material related to Salafism.
- A suspected accomplice, who had claimed to have known him only in his capacity as a translator, was arrested.
