BLAST NEAR FESTIVAL KILLS BOMBER, INJURES 10 OTHERS

Police in Ansbach, Germany, said Monday a man was killed when an explosive device he was believed to be carrying went off near an open-air music festival, injuring 10 people.

Police said in a statement that they were alerted just after 10 p.m. Sunday to an explosion in the city center.

“A man, according to our current knowledge the perpetrator, died” in the blast they said in the short statement. Further details weren’t immediately available, and they did not answer their telephone lines.

The dpa news agency reported that the nearby open-air concert attended by about 2,500 people was shut down as a precaution after the explosion.

— Melanie Eversley