Syrian migrant accused of Berlin bomb plot kills himself – police
Source: The Guardian
A Syrian migrant suspected of planning a bomb attack on a Berlin airport has killed himself in police custody in Leipzig, the Justice Ministry for the state of Saxony said on Wednesday.
Investigators believe Jaber Albakr, 22, who arrived in Germany last year, was close to staging an attack comparable to those that killed 130 people in Paris last November and 32 in Belgium in March.
“On the evening of October 12, 2016, Jaber Albakr, who was suspected of planning a serious attack, took his life in the detention centre at Leipzig correctional hospital,” the ministry said in a statement on its website.
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Albakr was arrested on Monday after two Syrians tied up the suspect in their flat in Leipzig and alerted police. The manner of his arrest has raised questions about whether the police botched an attempt on Saturday to capture him, after which a two-day manhunt ensued.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/12/syrian-jaber-al-bakr-berlin-bomb-plot-commits-suicide-report
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