Wednesday, June 10, 2026
ADVT 
International

ISIS Claims Responsibility For Ansbach, Germany Suicide Bombing

The Canadian Press, 25 Jul, 2016 10:31 AM
    An Islamic State fighter carried out the suicide bombing that injured 15 people outside a music festival in German city of Ansbach, the jihadist group claimed on Monday.
     
    "The individual who carried out the martyrdom operation in Ansbach in Germany was a soldier of IS who executed the operation in response to calls to target nations in the coalition fighting the Islamic state," IS's Amaq news agency said, citing an IS source.
     
    Amaq issued the claim of responsibility in Arabic, English and German.
     
    The suicide bomber, Mohammed Daleel, was a 27-year-old Syrian refugee who was set to be deported to Bulgaria after his asylum request was turned down.
     
    Earlier in the day, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said that the Syrian had pledged allegiance to Islamic State on a video found on his mobile phone, 
     
    "I think that after this video there's no doubt that the attack was a terrorist attack with an Islamist background," Herrmann told reporters.
     
    The man threatened a "revenge attack" on Germans in the video, he said.
     
    The Ansbach festival was cancelled after the 27-year-old detonated an explosives-packed rucksack outside a wine bar on Sunday and 2,000 people were sent home.
     
    Daleel had previously had twice attempted suicide and had received treatment in psychiatric unit.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Islamic State Destroys Ancient Religious Sites In Mosul

    Islamic State Destroys Ancient Religious Sites In Mosul
    The militants of Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS) over the past few days have been looting and destroying ancient religious sites in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a government official said Sunday.

    Islamic State Destroys Ancient Religious Sites In Mosul

    Sikh Cop, Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, Makes History In Texas, To Be First To Wear Turban

    Sikh Cop, Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, Makes History In Texas, To Be First To Wear Turban
    In one of the biggest goodwill gestures to one of the largest communities in the US -- the Sikhs -- the state of Texas has allowed on-duty Sikh officers to sport essential Sikh religious symbols like beards and turbans.

    Sikh Cop, Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, Makes History In Texas, To Be First To Wear Turban

    Hindus In Malaysia Slam Cleric's Views On Garlanding PM Najib Razak

    Hindus In Malaysia Slam Cleric's Views On Garlanding PM Najib Razak
    Ethnic Indian Hindus in Malaysia have strongly criticised a Muslim cleric's suggestions that Prime Minister Najib Razak should not have donned a "Hindu" attire, nor should he have been garlanded at a "Hindu" ceremony, media reported Saturday.

    Hindus In Malaysia Slam Cleric's Views On Garlanding PM Najib Razak

    Parents Of Islamic States's American Hostage Hope She Is Alive

    Parents Of Islamic States's American Hostage Hope She Is Alive
    The parents of the female US aid worker kidnapped by the Islamic State (IS) refused to believe that she has been killed in Jordanian airstrikes as claimed by her captors, media reported Saturday.

    Parents Of Islamic States's American Hostage Hope She Is Alive

    'Pakistan No Place For Women'

    'Pakistan No Place For Women'
    Even Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and social activist Mukhtaran Mai are not being honoured in Pakistan as women still remained the most backward in the country, a leading daily said Saturday.

    'Pakistan No Place For Women'

    After Obama's Shots, NYT Asks Modi To Break His 'Dangerous Silence'

    After Obama's Shots, NYT Asks Modi To Break His 'Dangerous Silence'
    As President Barack Obama's comments that religious intolerance in India would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi raised a storm in India, the New York Times asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his "deafening silence."

    After Obama's Shots, NYT Asks Modi To Break His 'Dangerous Silence'