Lebanese student held in relation to train bomb plot

A judge today ordered that a Lebanese student suspected of planting one of two bombs that failed to explode on German trains be held in custody pending possible terrorism charges, prosecutors said.

The 21-year-old was detained yesterday in the northern port city of Kiel, where he lived and studied. Prosecutors say he was identified with the help of surveillance footage from Cologne station – where the suitcase bombs were allegedly planted on July 31 – and DNA traces on the cases.