"not an accident".

The device appears to have detonated outside the front of the cafe – and may have gone off by accident.

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Ansbach is a small city – but home to a US army base called Katterbach Kaserne.

The blast was just three miles from the base, which is home to the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade.

Ansbach is just 90 miles north west of Munich – where an 18-year-old Ali David Sonboly shot nine people dead on Friday.

A 17-year-old from Afghanistan seriously injured three people with an axe and knife attack on a train in Würzburg, southern Germany, last week.

And earlier on Sunday, a 21-year-old Syrian refugee was arrested after killing a pregnant woman in a machete attack that killed one woman in Reutlingen, near Stuttgart.Sunday, August 17, 2008

Virender Sehwag was ruled out of the opening match after twisting his ankle in practice.

India chose to bat v Sri Lanka

On a two-faced pitch - grassy areas punctuated with bare dry patches - India won the toss and chose to bat in Dambulla in the first of the five-match series.

India suffered a major jolt ahead of the game: Virender Sehwag was ruled out - the rumour is he might not be available for the next match as well - after he twisted his ankle in practice. Virat Kohli, India's Under-19 captain and an aggressive batsman, was named as the replacement and was slotted to open.

Both teams went in with a double-spin attack. While Sri Lanka have gone with the same eleven that won them the