ANSBACH , Germany, July 25 (UPI) -- The Syrian asylum-seeker suspected of detonating a suicide bomb, injuring 12 people in Ansbach, Germany, pledged loyalty to the Islamic State prior to the attack and was scheduled to be deported, German officials said.
The still-unidentified man, 27, arrived in Germany two years prior to the bombing. His immigration application was rejected, but he was allowed to stay in Germany temporarily; he was granted refugee status in Bulgaria, although he was never deported.