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German police hunt Syrian suspected of attack plot

Published: 08 Oct 2016 - 04:22 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 10:03 am
Jaber Albakr

Jaber Albakr

Reuters

Berlin: German police named a 22-year-old Syrian on Saturday as the target of a manhunt in the eastern town of Chemnitz over a suspected bomb plot.

Police in the state of Saxony issued a search warrant for Jaber Albakr, saying he was born in Syria in January 1994. 

Albakr is wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and was "suspected of preparing a bomb attack."

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