Summary A blast in a restaurant in German city of Ansbach killed at least one person and injured 12 others.
BERLIN: A blast in a restaurant killed at least one person and injured 12 others near the German city of Nuremberg on Sunday in what authorities said was believed to be an intentional blast.
Authorities said one of the victims was the likely attacker. "A man, according to our current knowledge the perpetrator, died" in the blast.
It was the fourth violent incident in Germany in as many days and came as the country was still on edge after the killing of nine people by an 18-year-old Iranian-German gunman in Munich on Friday.
The blast in the town Ansbach prompted the evacuation of more than 2,000 people from a nearby music festival, authorities said.
"We assume it was a deliberate explosion," a Bavarian Interior Ministry spokesman said.
He said no arrests had been made in connection with the explosion but Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann was en route to the site.
The mayor of Ansbach told reporters the blast was caused by an explosive device, according to the Nordbayern.de news website.
Police said the explosion was reported at 10:12 p.m. (2012 GMT).
Ansbach is home to a US Army base and the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade. A spokesman at the base said the base had no information about the explosion.
