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German Prosecutor Takes Over Ansbach Bombing Investigation

© REN TV Michaela RehlePolice secure the area after an explosion in Ansbach, Germany, July 25, 2016.
Police secure the area after an explosion in Ansbach, Germany, July 25, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Germany’s prosecutor general took over the investigation of the Ansbach suicide attack, the office said in a press release Monday.

BERLIN (Sputnik) – A Syrian national with a rejected asylum application is suspected of blowing himself up and injuring at least 15 others outside an Ansbach bar at an open-air festival late Sunday.

"The evidence indicates that the 27-year-old Syrian national Mohammad D. set off an explosive device carried in his backpack at approximately 22:10 [20:10 GMT] not far from the area where ‘Ansbach-Open 2016’ festival was held," the statement reads.

It further notes that one of the reasons the prosecutor took up the case on a federal level was to investigate whether the suspect had accomplices outside Germany.

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