A suicide bomber who blew himself up after being turned away from a music festival in southern Germany was a Syrian man who had been denied asylum, The Telegraph said quoting Bavarian authorities.

The 27-year-old killed himself and injured 12 others when he detonated an explosive device after being denied entry to the event in Ansbach because he didn't have a ticket, the Bavarian interior minister said. 

Around 2,500 people attended the open-air festival, local news reported.

"We don't know if this man planned on suicide or if he had the intention of killing others," Joachim Herrmann said, adding that three of the 12 victims suffered serious injuries.

"Unfortunately, this is a terrible new attack which will surely increase people's anxiety," Mr Herrmann said.

He said that the contents of a backpack that the man was carrying would have been sufficient to kill and injure many more people.

Mr Herrmann said that the attacker, who came to Germany two years ago but had his asylum claim rejected after a year, had tried to kill himself twice in the past and had spent time in a psychiatric clinic.

Source : MENA