Reuters - A Syrian
refugee who committed suicide in prison after being arrested on suspicion of
planning an attack on a Berlin airport experimented with chemicals in
August in an attempt to make a bomb, a magazine reported on Friday.
August in an attempt to make a bomb, a magazine reported on Friday.
Der Spiegel
said Jaber Albakr, detained earlier this month after police discovered about
1.5 kg (3 lb) of explosives in his flat in the eastern city of Chemnitz, caused
6,000 euros ($6,525) of damage in a serviced apartment.
Pictures of
the kitchen taken by the owner of the property in nearby Leipzig showed acid
and other stains, Spiegel said, giving no source for its report.
The General
Prosecutor's office, which has taken over the Albakr case, could not be reached
for comment.
Officials in
the state of Saxony have been criticized for letting Albakr slip away during a
police raid on his Chemnitz apartment and then failing to prevent his suicide
last week in prison in Leipzig.
Three Syrian
refugees who Albakr approached for help at a train station in Leipzig tied him
up in their apartment and handed him over to police after they realized he was
wanted.
Weekly Welt am
Sonntag reported at the weekend that, in a call to a contact on Oct. 7, Albakr
said a "big airport in Berlin" was a good target for an attack using
2 kg of explosives.
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