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German police say they have captured a suspect believed to be planning a bomb attack. After a two-day manhunt, German police have captured a Syrian man believed to have been planning a jihadist bomb attack.
"Tired but overjoyed: we captured the terror suspect last night in Leipzig," the police said in a tweet. Jaber al-Bakr, who arrived in Germany as a refugee, was detained in a flat in the eastern city of Leipzig in the early hours of Monday.
The police had been looking for the suspect, Syrian refugee Jaber al-Bakr, after raiding a flat in the nearby city of Chemnitz on Saturday. He had sought help from another Syrian, who had alerted police and tied him up, reports say.
Several hundred grams of "highly volatile" explosives were found at the property, investigators said. The hunt began after police found explosives at Mr al-Bakr's flat.
About 100 people were evacuated from the block of flats as the explosives were moved for a controlled detonation. In the initial raid in the eastern town of Chemnitz early on Saturday, Mr al-Bakr, 22, evaded capture as officers fired a warning shot in a botched attempt to stop him.
The explosives are allegedly similar to the ones used in the Paris and Brussels attacks. Media reports indicate Mr al-Bakr may have been planning to target an airport in Berlin. 'Bomb-making lab'
Two people in contact with Mr al-Bakr were then detained at Chemnitz railway station and another person was held near the flat in the Fritz-Heckert neighbourhood. Police then found a detonator, explosives and a kilo of chemicals in his Chemnitz flat. Unconfirmed reports suggest the substance was TATP, a homemade explosive used jihadist attacks in Paris and Brussels over the past year.
Saxony police released pictures of Damascus-born Mr al-Bakr wearing a hooded sweatshirt, but have not commented on his motive. Security sources referred to Mr al-Bakr's apartment as a "a virtual bomb-making lab", and carried out a controlled explosion. German authorities feared a possible plan to target an airport in Berlin.
BBC News Berlin correspondent Jenny Hill says the incident will put pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to reassure a nervous German electorate that her refugee policy has not endangered the country. As the search for the suspect broadened, a police commando unit arrested another man in Chemnitz, blasting open the door of his home.
However, it was not until late on Sunday night that police were given a tip-off from another Syrian man living in Leipzig who had been contacted by Jaber al-Bakr from the city's main station.
At 00:42 on Monday morning, police burst into the flat in the Paunsdorf area of the city and found the suspect already tied up, Germany's Spiegel website reported.
Jaber Al-Bakr came to Germany in February 2015 and was granted asylum in November, German media say. He reportedly had links to the so-called Islamic State group. He is expected to be moved to the city of Karlsruhe later on Monday.
Over a million irregular migrants arrived in Germany last year, many fleeing the conflict in Syria. The BBC's Jenny Hill in Berlin says the latest incident will put pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to reassure a nervous German public that her decision to allow such large numbers into the country has not endangered the country.
A spokesperson for the German interior ministry said on Sunday: "We can't rule out in Germany such attacks that we've seen lately in France and Belgium."
The Bavarian CSU, allied to Mrs Merkel's ruling centre-right Christian Democrats, called on Monday for stricter security reviews for asylum seekers. The party called on the government to focus "even more intensively" in scrutinising migrants for potential extremists.