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

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)

“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.