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Germany: Cops detain Syrian refugee accused of planning bomb attack

German police said on Monday they had captured a man suspected of planning a bomb attack

Published on: Oct 10, 2016, 10:30:59 IST
By , Berlin
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German police said on Monday they had captured a man suspected of planning a bomb attack.

Police officers secure the Stachus hotel in Munich after a shooting was reported there. (AP File Photo)
Police officers secure the Stachus hotel in Munich after a shooting was reported there. (AP File Photo)

“Tired but overjoyed: we captured the terror suspect last night in Leipzig,” Saxony state police said on twitter.

Police had been looking for the suspect, 22-year-old Jaber Albakr, a Syrian refugee, since he slipped through their grasp during a raid on an apartment in the eastern city of Chemnitz on Saturday.

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