2016 Ansbach bombing
On 24 July 2016, fifteen people were injured, four seriously, in a suicide bombing outside a wine bar in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany. 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. According to German authorities, Daleel was in contact with the Islamic State and had been planning more attacks before his backpack bomb exploded accidentally.
| 2016 Ansbach bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of terrorism in Germany (Islamic terrorism in Europe and the spillover of the Syrian Civil War) | |
Eugens Weinstube, where the explosion happened | |
Site of explosion. ☐ Venue area. ① Entrance / Ticket checkpoint Pfarrstraße. | |
| Location | Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°18′0″N 10°35′0″E |
| Date | 24 July 2016 22:12 (CEST) |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Weapons | IED |
| Deaths | 1 (the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 15 |
| Perpetrator | Mohammad Daleel |
| Motive | Jihadism |
The incident followed three other violent incidents that occurred in Germany within a week. The Ansbach bombing was the first suicide bombing in Germany by Islamic terrorists, 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.