German police recently detained a 22-year-old Syrian man who had his face pasted on wall posters and life tv in a nationwide hunt.
He was believed to have. been preparing a bomb attack.
Jaber Albakr was detained overnight in the eastern city of Leipzig, police in the eastern state of Saxony.
Albakr, who is from the Damascus area of Syria, escaped earlier from
authorities on Saturday during a raid of his apartment where they found “several hundred grammes” of a volatile explosive hidden in the apartment, enough to cause significant damage.
The weekend raid came after Saxony
police were tipped off by Germany’s domestic intelligence service that Albakr may be planning an attack.
On Saturday morning, the day of the raid Albakr was seen leaving his apartment building as police
prepared to raid it. Police fired a
warning shot but were unable to stop him as he fled.
Experts are still trying to determine whether the explosives found in his
apartment were the same ones used in "the November attacks in Paris" and "the ones in Brussels in March." The explosives used in those attacks are known as TATP, or triacetone triperoxide.
TATP has been noted to be used in many attacks over the years, mostly by violent extremists because of its easy to make and detonate attributes.
The explosives were destroyed on Saturday in a controlled detonation carried out by bomb squad experts in a pit dug outside the five-storey apartment building because they were considered too
dangerous to transport.
Albakr is believed to be connected to Islamic extremist groups, but it is yet to be confirmed by Saxony police if the story is true or not. They are still searching for his possible motive or the bomb plot’s target.
He was believed to have. been preparing a bomb attack.
Jaber Albakr was detained overnight in the eastern city of Leipzig, police in the eastern state of Saxony.
Albakr, who is from the Damascus area of Syria, escaped earlier from
authorities on Saturday during a raid of his apartment where they found “several hundred grammes” of a volatile explosive hidden in the apartment, enough to cause significant damage.
The weekend raid came after Saxony
police were tipped off by Germany’s domestic intelligence service that Albakr may be planning an attack.
On Saturday morning, the day of the raid Albakr was seen leaving his apartment building as police
prepared to raid it. Police fired a
warning shot but were unable to stop him as he fled.
Experts are still trying to determine whether the explosives found in his
apartment were the same ones used in "the November attacks in Paris" and "the ones in Brussels in March." The explosives used in those attacks are known as TATP, or triacetone triperoxide.
TATP has been noted to be used in many attacks over the years, mostly by violent extremists because of its easy to make and detonate attributes.
The explosives were destroyed on Saturday in a controlled detonation carried out by bomb squad experts in a pit dug outside the five-storey apartment building because they were considered too
dangerous to transport.
Albakr is believed to be connected to Islamic extremist groups, but it is yet to be confirmed by Saxony police if the story is true or not. They are still searching for his possible motive or the bomb plot’s target.
Germany has really been on edge since two previous
attacks this summer claimed by Islamic State in which many people were injured and both assailants died.
Two other attacks which where unrelated to Islamic
extremism occurred, including a deadly mall shooting in Munich, all these invents have contributed to fears.
attacks this summer claimed by Islamic State in which many people were injured and both assailants died.
Two other attacks which where unrelated to Islamic
extremism occurred, including a deadly mall shooting in Munich, all these invents have contributed to fears.
