German terror police 'foil second ISIS airport attack plot' in under a month as Syrian refugee, 27, is arrested in Berlin
- Terror police swooped on an apartment in Schoeneberg district of Berlin
- A Syrian man was arrested over fears he was plotting attack on an airport
- The 27-year-old, who came to Germany in 2015, is suspected ISIS member
- Comes weeks after a refugee was arrested in Chemnitz over a similar plot
German police have arrested a Syrian man in Berlin suspected of plotting a terror attack on a city airport, it has emerged.
The
man, who has lived in Germany since 2015 and claims to be 27, was
seized late last night at an apartment in the Schoeneberg district of
the capital.
He is suspected of belonging to a foreign terror organisation - believed to be ISIS, according to reports in Germany.
It
comes just weeks after a 22-year-old bogus refugee called Jaber Al-Bakr
was captured after police raided his apartment in the city of Chemnitz
to discover a bomb under construction.
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German police (file picture) have
arrested a Syrian man in Berlin suspected of plotting a terror attack on
a city airport, it has emerged
He was arrested in Leipzig two days after the raid following a nationwide manhunt and later killed himself in a police cell.
Focus Magazine,
known for its strong sources within German intelligence, said officials
were describing the man arrested in Berlin as a 'second Al-Bakr' who
was planning to attack an airport in the city.
He was arrested at his apartment in the Schoeneberg district of the city.
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