German police raid flat over suspected bombing plot
German police carried out a raid on Saturday into a flat in the eastern city of Chemnitz after receiving information about a suspected bombing plan.
Police in the state of Saxony issued a search warrant for Jaber Albakr, a 22-year-old Syrian.
Albakr is "suspected of preparing a bomb attack," police said, adding that "explosive materials" were found in the flat.
Neighbors said they heard an explosion but police said it was related to the assault team blowing open the flat’s door.
Three people were arrested in relation to the case, officials said, adding that two of the suspects were seized close to the city's railway station and the third was taken into custody in the city center.
Tom Bernhardt, the spokesman for the state criminal police of Saxony, said several hundred police officers, including commandos, were involved in the search operation.
The official said the plotter posed no threat to locals as police were in full control of the situation. He said residents of the neighborhood had been asked to stay home.
Officers found "several hundred grams (of a) very dangerous substance which cannot be moved without protective measures," Bernhardt stated.
Germany has largely been spared of deadly assaults on civilians and security forces such as those in France and Belgium over the past months. However, the country has become the target of a series of low-profile attacks by supporters of far-right groups as well as militants claiming loyalty to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
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