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MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 08:50 AM Oct 2016

German police say arrested Syrian bomb plot suspect

Source: AFP

BERLIN (AFP) - German police said Monday they have arrested a Syrian man suspected of plotting a jihadist bomb attack, after a massive manhunt lasting almost two days.

"We've succeeded, really overjoyed: the terror suspect (Jaber) Albakr was arrested overnight in Leipzig," police said on Twitter about the 22-year-old.

Police had on Saturday found several hundred grams of an "explosive substance more dangerous than TNT" hidden in Albakr's apartment and said that "even a small quantity ... could have caused enormous damage".

Local media reported that the material was TATP, the homemade explosive that was used by jihadists in the Paris and Brussels attacks.

Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20161010-german-police-say-arrested-syrian-bomb-plot-suspect?ref=tw_i

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MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)
2. Federal prosecutor's office: amount of the explosive found in #Chemnitz - one and a half kilograms
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 09:03 AM
Oct 2016
Federal prosecutor's office in #Germany: amount of the explosive found in #Chemnitz - one and a half kilograms.

https://twitter.com/AlexandravonNah/status/785463211969634304

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)
5. 500 grams mixed, another kilo of components, IS contacts, Berlin Airport the target
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:24 AM
Oct 2016
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/kampf-gegen-den-terror/csu-fordert-nach-chemnitz-verstaerkte-ueberpruefung-von-migranten-14473961.html
Nach Informationen von „Süddeutscher Zeitung“, NDR und WDR fanden sich in der Wohnung 500 Gramm bereits gemischter Sprengstoff und etwa ein weiteres Kilo Chemikalien, die zum Bombenbau geeignet sind. Außerdem stellte die Polizei Zünder sicher und Teile, die nach erster Bewertung zur Herstellung von Rohrbomben gedient haben könnten. Dem Bericht zufolge stand der Syrer offenbar über das Internet in Verbindung mit dem IS, auch über ein mögliches Ziel wurde anscheinend schon diskutiert, nämlich Berliner Flughäfen.


According to reports from SDZ, NDR and WDR found in the residence 500 grams of already mixed explosive and about another kilo of chemicals intended for bomb construction. Also igniters and components, that, according to the initial assessment, could have been used to build pipe bombs. By report the Syrian was in contact with IS, also a possible target was apparently under discussion namely the Berlin Airport.


There are multiple people in custody, but the top suspect is a registered Syrian refugee who entered the country last year - plans are in the making for a more thorough evaluation of refugee applicants, but how that is possible one is left to imagine. All the stuff earlier in the article about a closer collaboration with foreign intelligence services won't accomplish much in Syria.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
3. Take this Donald: Suspect tied up by Syrian refugees until police arrived.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 10:11 AM
Oct 2016

Jörg Michaelis, president of the police in Saxony, said that Mr. Bakr had been arrested in Leipzig, in the apartment of fellow Syrians who had recognized the man from photographs circulated by the authorities over the weekend.

The Syrians tied up the suspect and took a photograph of him with a cellphone, which one of them took to a nearby police station, before urging officers to come and arrest him immediately.

“Our colleagues with the Leipzig police were able to seize him because his fellow Syrians had already bound and detained him,” Mr. Michaelis said. He declined to provide additional details about the Syrian who led them to Mr. Bakr, citing concerns about his safety.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/world/europe/germany-syrian-arrest.html?_r=0

Vogon_Glory

(9,086 posts)
4. And Albakr Starts His Detention With Non-Consensual Bondage--Oooh, Kinky!
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:19 AM
Oct 2016

Good for the guys who did the right thing for decency and took him down! Serves the little creep right!

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)
8. It may not be true, but the perp claimed these guys were in on it.
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:59 PM
Oct 2016

I gather this info was leaked by the police because politicians were talking about giving them a medal.

The fact that the man hanged himself in jail while he was under suicide watch, according to his lawyer, brings up further questions.

This story keeps getting stranger.

Oneironaut

(5,462 posts)
6. What's especially horrid is that these countries tried to save these terrorists from war.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:47 AM
Oct 2016

Their response is to try and attack their host country and bring war to it. I don't understand the mentality - if you want to fight a war, stay in Syria and fight. Instead, they say, "Thanks for saving me. Now, prepare to die!" You would have to be an especially vile person to do such a thing.

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)
9. I just feel sorry for all the refugees who struggled to get to safety, and then
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 07:01 PM
Oct 2016

find, to their horror, that they are living with people who want to bring the destruction with them.

There have been NUMEROUS cases of refugees reporting other refugees to the police for militant/suspicious activity.

romanic

(2,841 posts)
10. That's why borders and vetting is important.
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 09:18 PM
Oct 2016

Merkel clearly didn't feel the same and now Germany is paying the price for her bleeding heart.

MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)
7. Syrian terror suspect Jabel Albakr has committed suicide in a German prison.
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 04:41 PM
Oct 2016
#BREAKING #Germany #Chemnitz - Syrian terror suspect Jabel #Albakr has committed suicide in a German prison.

https://twitter.com/TerrorEvents/status/786305201259024384
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