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BERLIN (Reuters) - An explosion killed at least one person and injured 12 others near the German city of Nuremberg on Sunday and authorities said it was believed to be intentional.

A police spokesman said the person killed in the blast, a man with a backpack, was likely carrying an explosive device and acted alone.

There was no immediate information on his identity but the spokesman added that three of the 12 people injured were in serious condition.

It was the fourth violent incident in Germany in a week and came as the country was still on edge after the killing of nine people by an 18-year-old Iranian-German gunman in Munich on Friday.

The blast outside a restaurant in the town Ansbach prompted the evacuation of more than 2,000 people from a nearby "Ansbach Open" music festival, police said.

"We assume it was a deliberate explosion," a Bavarian Interior Ministry spokesman said.

He said no arrests had been made in connection with the explosion but Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann was en route to the site.

The mayor of Ansbach told reporters the blast was caused by an explosive device, according to the Nordbayern.de news website.

Earlier on Sunday, a 21-year-old Syrian refugee was arrested after killing a pregnant woman and injured two other people in the southwestern city of Reutlingen, near Stuttgart.

That attack came after a refugee from Pakistan wielding an ax injured five people near Wuerzbuerg, also in southern Germany, before he was shot dead by police on July 18.

Ansbach is home to a U.S. Army base and the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade. A spokesman at the base said the base had no information about the explosion.

There was no immediate word on possible motives for the explosion, but police said neither Sunday's machete attack nor Friday's shooting in Munich bore any sign of connections with Islamic State or other militant groups.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the July 18 ax attack in Germany. It also claimed responsibility for the July 14 attack in which a Tunisian man drove a truck into Bastille Day holiday crowds in the French city of Nice, killing 84 people.

(Reporting by Thomas Krumenacker, Joern Poltz and Andrea Shalal; Editing by Tom Brown and Mary Milliken)

 
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Paul19 minutes ago
 

Notice the coincidence how we as the USA would not indict a clearly guilty corrupt female like Hillary despite a mountain of evidence. Angela Merkel also gets away with high crimes and treason and remains on the stage despite much clear evidence that she is burning her nation to the ground as well. The Founders, if on the scene today would be taking up arms to remove most of the US govt and urge us all to follow. Those who do not see it that way are not worthy to dwell in the land bestowed unto us because freedom comes from the sword, not a feel good global effort to pander to immigrants unwilling to contend for their own nation. This is pathetic.

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