Syrian suicide bomber blows himself up outside German music festival, injuring 12, in 'Islamist attack' a year after he was denied asylum... but allowed to STAY in country to save him from civil war

                                                                                   The rucksack he used to carry the explosives 

A bomber has blown himself up close to a German music festival in an 'Islamist suicide attack' - the third bloody attack on the country in the past week. The 27-year-old bomber, a Syrian man who was denied asylum in the country, injured 12 people outside a packed wine bar in Ansbach, near Nuremberg at 10pm last night.

The unnamed bomber was turned away from an open-air music festival filled with 2,500 people because he didn't have a ticket. Instead he walked to a bar in the centre of Ansback and detonated a DIY bomb filled with metal shavings and screws. He died and 12 others were injured, three seriously.

Bavaria's top security official Joachim Herrmann said this morning that he believed the attacker was driven by religious extremism, adding: 'My personal view is that I unfortunately think it's very likely this really was an Islamist suicide attack.' 

Police are today guarding the Syrian's home in Ansbach, as it emerged he had been refused asylum but still allowed to stay in Germany to avoid returning to his home country. A hearse containing his remains left the scene of the bombing at dawn this morning. The terror attack came as Germany remains on high alert in the wake of three other violent attacks across the country in just one week.