BERLIN (Reuters) --- German police hunting for a Syrian-born man
suspected of planning a bomb attack found explosives in an apartment
they raided while looking for him on Saturday, officials said.
Police appealed to the public to call them with any information on
Jaber Albakr, 22, who was last seen in the eastern city of Chemnitz
wearing a black hooded top with a bright pattern on the front.
"The search for the suspect is ongoing," Saxony state
police tweeted. "At the moment, however, we do not know where he
is and what he is carrying with him. Be careful."
Police detained three people in Chemnitz who they said were known to
Albakr, but he remained at large.
"Questioning (of the detainees) is continuing. The results are
still to come," said Tom Bernhardt, spokesman for the Saxony
state criminal investigation office.
Bernhardt said police did not immediately find the several hundred
grams of explosives when searching the apartment as they were well
hidden.
Hundreds of police including specialist commandos combed a
residential area in Chemnitz looking for Albakr.
The police deployment followed a tip-off from the domestic
intelligence service, though the "where, when, how and why"
of the planned attack remained unclear, said Bernhardt.
Police asked local residents to remain indoors and began evacuating
more people after discovering the explosives. Bernhardt said it was
unclear how many suspects might be involved.
In late July, Islamic State claimed responsibility for attacks on a
train near Wuerzburg and at a music festival in Ansbach which wounded
20 people.
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