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July 25, 2016

Ansbach, Germany. ISIS claims responsibility for the attack in which a man blew himself up, injuring 15 people, four of them seriously. Syrian Mohammed arrives at the entrance to the square where a concert is taking place. There’s a crowd. He tries to get past the municipal police barrier, which Mayor Carda Seidel has enforced more severely than ever after the Munich massacre. He’s a refugee, and immigrants are usually kind to him around here. Perhaps he hopes they’ll let him in even if he doesn’t have a ticket, but he’s wrong. He realizes his plan won’t work; his imaginary victims won’t be in the concert square. So he begins to walk, very nervous, in front of the Eugene Winstube, a small wine bar located directly in front of the archway under which those entering the square are forced to pass. At a certain point, he approaches the tables and the explosion occurs. The bomb he had made himself hit anyone in front of the Winstube with nails, bolts, razor blades, and pieces of iron.