Thursday, November 3, 2016

German terror police 'foil second ISIS airport attack plot' in under a month as Syrian refugee, 27, is arrested in Berlin

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
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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