The incident followed three other violent incidents that occurred in Germany within a week . The Ansbach bombing was the first suicide bombing in Germany by Islamic terrorists , and the first since World War II . Cüneyt Çiftçi , the perpetrator of a 2008 suicide bombing in Afghanistan , who had previously lived in Ansbach , is considered the first suicide bomber to have been born and raised in Germany
a 2008 suicide bombing in Afghanistan
2008 Khost suicide bombing
2016 Ansbach bombing