A large explosion has been reported in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday, German media reports said.
At least 10 people were injured. Michael Konrad, a Nuremberg police spokesman, said in local media reports that the blast is believed to have been intentional. The dead person is believed to have set off the explosion, he said.
Police said that at least one person was killed and several were seriously injured, according to the Nürnberger Zeitung. The newspaper said the explosive device went off in front of the site of a three-day-long music festival.
It’s unclear if the person who allegedly set off the explosion had ties to terrorism. “The explosion in the [city’s] downtown was not a gas explosion, but was caused by an explosive device,” the paper said.
An Interior Ministry spokesman said it was a “deliberately provoked explosion,” the paper reported.
The newspaper said a “large-scale” police operation is underway, including the deployment of a helicopter.
The paper reported the explosion took place at a restaurant, called Eugene’s Wine Bar.
“The only thing I know is that there has been an explosion,” police spokesman Michael Konrad told Nürnberger Zeitung. “I cannot confirm anything else.”
A nearby music festival in the city has been canceled, the reports said.
