http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/world/europe/germany-syrian-arrest.html 2016-10-10 09:24:20 Syrian Feared to Be Planning Bombing Is Arrested in Germany The capture ended an intense manhunt and renewed fears of the threat posed by extremists among the refugees and migrants who arrived in the country last year. === BERLIN — The German police captured a Syrian man early Monday who was suspected of plotting a bombing, bringing an end to a weekend manhunt and renewing fears of the threat posed by extremists among the The police in the eastern state of Saxony said they had arrested the suspect, identified as Jaber al-Bakr, 22, in Leipzig, roughly an hour north of Chemnitz, where he had been living. The authorities stormed his apartment on Friday and found explosive materials, although there was no indication of a specific target, they said. “We are exhausted, but elated: terror suspect Albakr was arrested overnight in Leipzig,” the Saxony police The suspect was to be handed over to federal prosecutors, who had issued a warrant for his arrest. Mr. Bakr slipped away from the state police, who raided his apartment in Chemnitz after receiving information from the federal authorities after several weeks of observation. The police released a picture of Mr. Bakr wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt, and they urged anyone with information on his whereabouts to come forward. The Saxony police also The German authorities also increased the police presence at crucial transit points throughout the country, including airports and train stations. Spiegel Online reported that Mr. Bakr had been seen speaking to another Syrian man, who invited him to stay at his apartment. The fellow Syrian, who was not identified, then alerted the police, who arrested Mr. Bakr at his home. The German authorities were already on heightened alert over the possible threat posed by extremists who may have slipped into Germany among the 890,000 people, most from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, who entered Germany in 2015 in the hopes of seeking asylum. In July, two men who had arrived as refugees carried out Those attacks, which wounded 17 people and left the two perpetrators dead, contributed to a growing pushback among Germans toward the refugees, who had arrived here to Support for the nationalist party Alternative for Germany has increased in recent months, corresponding to growing questions about the decision by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to effectively grant asylum to anyone who arrived in the country claiming to have fled war.