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With Help from Syrians, German Police Arrest Bomb Plot Suspect

A Syrian man suspected of plotting a jihadist bomb attack was arrested Monday by German police with the help of two of the fugitive's compatriots, in a case that sparked fresh calls for greater checks on asylum seekers.

Jaber Albakr, 22, had narrowly slipped through the police net Saturday when commandos raided his apartment and found several hundred grams of "an explosive substance more dangerous than TNT".

After a manhunt over the weekend, police finally got their man with the help of two "compatriots of the suspect Albakr, who had detained him in their apartment" in the eastern city of Leipzig.

Police added that they would not give further details on the circumstances of the arrest for fear of reprisals against the Syrian informants.

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