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| Syrian terror suspect Jaber al-Bakr commits suicide in cell in Germany | Syrian terror suspect Jaber al-Bakr commits suicide in cell in Germany |
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| A Syrian migrant suspected of planning a bomb attack on a Berlin airport has committed suicide in his prison cell in Leipzig, Germany. | A Syrian migrant suspected of planning a bomb attack on a Berlin airport has committed suicide in his prison cell in Leipzig, Germany. |
| The website of Der Spiegel said Jaber al-Bakr had been on hunger strike and was under round-the-clock surveillance. | The website of Der Spiegel said Jaber al-Bakr had been on hunger strike and was under round-the-clock surveillance. |
| He had been turned in to police on Monday by three Syrian refugees after being on the run for two days. | He had been turned in to police on Monday by three Syrian refugees after being on the run for two days. |
| German police had been watching him for months, but failed to arrest him when they raided his flat on Saturday. | German police had been watching him for months, but failed to arrest him when they raided his flat on Saturday. |
| Germany urged to reward Syrian refugees who arrested fugitive | Germany urged to reward Syrian refugees who arrested fugitive |
| Al-Bakr, 22, had been granted asylum after coming to Germany last year. | Al-Bakr, 22, had been granted asylum after coming to Germany last year. |
| German intelligence received reports last week that he might be planning an attack, and they alerted police in the eastern state of Saxony. | |
| Authorities discovered last Thursday that the suspect had used the internet to get bomb-making instructions and had obtained explosives. | Authorities discovered last Thursday that the suspect had used the internet to get bomb-making instructions and had obtained explosives. |
| When police raided the flat in the eastern city of Chemnitz, they found 1.5kg of TATP, a home-made explosive used in the deadly jihadist attacks in Paris last year and in Brussels last March. The explosives were "extremely dangerous", police said. | |
| But al-Bakr managed to slip the net, and made his way to the city of Leipzig where he asked the Syrians for help. | |
| The three told police they had heard about the manhunt and tied him up while one of them knelt on him. | |
| They warned police who finally managed to arrest him. | |
| The authorities believe al-Bakr had links to the group that calls itself Islamic State. | The authorities believe al-Bakr had links to the group that calls itself Islamic State. |