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Syrian-born suspect was planning Islamist-motivated attack, German authorities say

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October 10, 2016

Syrian-born suspect was planning Islamist-motivated attack, German authorities say

Germany police revealed in a statement that 22-year-old Jaber Albakr, a suspected terrorist was planning to carry out an Islamist-motivated attack.

A spokesman for the Federal Prosecutor’s Office told broadcaster SWR on Sunday: “The overall picture of the investigation, in particular the amount of explosive found, suggests that the person was planning to carry out an Islamist-motivated attack.”

Police who had been on the trail of Jaber who came to Germany during a migrant influx into the country last year finally caught him in Leipzig.

“We captured the terror suspect last night in Leipzig,” Saxony state police said on Twitter, adding that they seized Albakr after acting on a tip-off that other Syrians were holding him at an apartment in Leipzig.

“Leipzig police immediately went to the identified place and took Albakr,” they said. A nationwide and international search for the Syrian was then called off.

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