https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In July two men carried out terror attacks in northern Bavaria within the space of a week. The Süddeutsche Zeitung has published the chilling contents of chats it reports the men had with the Isis terror group. https://www.thelocal.de/20160915/newspaper-reveals-chats-between-terror-attackers-and-isis Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:47:58 +0200 newspaper-reveals-chats-between-terror-attackers-and-isis Facebook on Monday dismissed complaints by German officials that it had not been helpful in fighting terrorism and urged authorities to better formulate their requests. https://www.thelocal.de/20160808/facebook-we-arent-culpable-for-german-terror-attacks Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:18:47 +0200 facebook-we-arent-culpable-for-german-terror-attacks A Syrian who blew himself up outside a German music festival at the weekend was interviewed twice by Bulgarian television while living there in 2013, footage showed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160728/ansbach-suicide-bomber-was-interviewed-by-bulgarian-tv Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:48:57 +0200 ansbach-suicide-bomber-was-interviewed-by-bulgarian-tv Officials in Bavaria have said that the man who blew himself up in an apparent Islamist attack on Sunday was influenced by an as yet unknown person. https://www.thelocal.de/20160727/ansbach-suicide-bomber-influenced-by-third-person-officials Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:22:21 +0200 ansbach-suicide-bomber-influenced-by-third-person-officials The last week has been brutal and shocking, but we need to stay calm and keep the events we have witnessed in perspective, argues Jörg Luyken. https://www.thelocal.de/20160726/there-still-hasnt-been-an-isis-attack-in-germany Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:24:41 +0200 there-still-hasnt-been-an-isis-attack-in-germany Residents of Ansbach were left reeling Monday after a Syrian suicide bomber blew himself up outside a music festival, shattering the sleepy calm of this picture-postcard southern German city. https://www.thelocal.de/20160726/sleepy-ansbach-left-shocked-by-suicide-bomb-attack Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:24:44 +0200 sleepy-ansbach-left-shocked-by-suicide-bomb-attack The Syrian asylum seeker who blew himself up outside a music festival in Germany was a "soldier" of the Isis, the jihadist-linked Amaq news agency said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160725/is-says-syrian-bomber-in-germany-one-of-its-soldiers Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:42:14 +0200 is-says-syrian-bomber-in-germany-one-of-its-soldiers The man who blew himself up outside a bar in the north Bavarian town of Ansbach had had his asylum application rejected and had twice attempted suicide, say authorities. https://www.thelocal.de/20160725/what-we-know-about-the-ansbach-suicide-bomber-bavaria-germany Mon, 25 Jul 2016 11:05:03 +0200 what-we-know-about-the-ansbach-suicide-bomber-bavaria-germany The man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Bavaria, on Sunday evening, injuring 15 people, recorded a video in which he pledged his allegiance to terror group Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20160725/ansbach-suicide-bomber-confirms-isis-link-in-video Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:44:31 +0200 ansbach-suicide-bomber-confirms-isis-link-in-video Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday cautioned Germans against indiscriminately branding all refugees a security threat after a rash of attacks over the last week. https://www.thelocal.de/20160725/minister-rejects-blanket-suspicion-of-refugees-after-attacks Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:02:12 +0200 minister-rejects-blanket-suspicion-of-refugees-after-attacks A Syrian migrant set off an explosion at a bar in southern Germany that killed himself and wounded a dozen others late Sunday, authorities said, the third attack to hit Bavaria in a week. https://www.thelocal.de/20160725/suicide-bomber-attacks-bar Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:31:59 +0200 suicide-bomber-attacks-bar A burglar in southern Germany would’ve got away with his crime if it wasn’t for his inability to resistant a tempting looking piece of Wurst. https://www.thelocal.de/20151223/thief-pays-dear-for-nibbling-on-sausage Wed, 23 Dec 2015 17:04:26 +0100 thief-pays-dear-for-nibbling-on-sausage Authorities in the southern German town of Ansbach came under fire on Thursday for tearing a family apart while the traumatised and heavily-pregnant mother lay in hospital - a move politicians described as "inhumane" and "unconstitutional." https://www.thelocal.de/20130418/49217 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:15:00 +0200 49217 The 19-year-old who went on a rampage in the Bavarian city of Ansbach in September 2009 was sentenced to nine years in a juvenile detention centre on Thursday for 47 counts of attempted murder. https://www.thelocal.de/20100429/26883 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:13:00 +0200 26883 The 18-year-old who attacked his school in Ansbach, Bavaria last week planned to kill as many students as possible out of a general hatred towards people and feelings of inadequacy, investigators said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090921/22063 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:55:00 +0200 22063 Police said on Friday they still didn’t know the motive of an axe-wielding 18-year-old who injured nine students and one teacher at a school in Ansbach, Bavaria despite finding letters showing he planned the rampage. https://www.thelocal.de/20090918/22005 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:20:00 +0200 22005