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Trail goes cold in German hunt for man suspected of planning bomb attack

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 9, 2016 13:56

BERLIN - The trail went cold on Sunday in a German police manhunt for a Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack after a raid on an apartment in which a cache of explosives was found.

"We are following numerous tips, but unfortunately we don't have a hot lead yet," said Tom Bernhardt, spokesman for the Saxony state criminal investigation office. "We must continue to assume that this person poses a danger."

A security source told Reuters that there was some evidence indicating the Syrian had Islamist leanings. "But this doesn't automatically mean we are talking about IS (Islamic State). This could also be a case of self-radicalization via the Internet."

Police appealed to the public for any information on the suspect, 22-year-old Jaber Albakr, after Saturday's apartment raid in the eastern German city of Chemnitz. They described him as wearing a black hooded top with a bright pattern on the front, and warned people to be careful of him.

Albakr had been in Germany since last year and was officially recognised as a refugee, Bernhardt said.

He was not previously known to police, who raided the flat after a tip-off from the domestic intelligence service.

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