Dead attacker had been denied asylum

A man who blew himself up and injured 12 people after being turned away from an open-air music festival was a 27-year-old Syrian who had been denied asylum, Bavaria’s top security official said early Monday.

Joachim Herrmann said the man’s request for asylum was rejected a year ago, but he was allowed to remain in Germany on account of the refugee situation in Syria.

Three of the12 victims in the southern German state suffered serious injuries, Herrmann said.