DRESDEN: A Syrian suspect arrested Monday in Germany over an alleged jihadist bomb plot is probably linked to the Islamic State group, police said.
"The approach and behaviour of the suspect point to an IS context," said Joerg Michaelis, chief investigator in the eastern state of Saxony.
Jaber Albakr, 22, was detained early Monday in the eastern city of Leipzig, after a massive two-day manhunt.
Michaelis said explosives found Saturday in Albakr's apartment were TATP, the homemade explosive used by jihadists in the Paris and Brussels attacks, in November last year and in March respectively.
The explosives were "almost ready, or even ready for usage", he said, adding that the suspect was apparently preparing a "bomb, possibly in the form of a suicide vest".
Police said they caught Albakr with the help of two "compatriots of the suspect, who had detained him in their apartment" in Leipzig.
Michaelis confirmed that Albakr had been tied up and overpowered by the informants.