Suitcase bomb was bound for Germany

A SUSPECTED bomb in a suitcase that was to be put on a German-bound plane was intercepted in Namibia, German police said yesterday, a day after Berlin issued an alert on a tip about an imminent attack.

The BKA federal police force said the suspicious baggage had been seized on Wednesday at the international airport in Windhoek before it was due to be loaded on to an LTU/Air Berlin flight to the southern German city of Munich.

“A subsequent X-ray (of the luggage) revealed batteries that were attached with wires to a detonator and a ticking clock,” it said in a statement.