Syrian bomb plot suspect kills himself in German prison

A 22-year-old Syrian man arrested over a suspected Islamic extremist bomb plot has killed himself in a prison cell in Leipzig, according to Saxony's state justice ministry

Justice ministry spokesman Joerg Herold said that Jaber Albakr killed himself sometime in the evening, but that the incident was still being investigated.

#BREAKING: #Germany terror suspect Jaber #Albakr who planned attaks in #Chemnitz has comitted suicide - found dead in prison cell pic.twitter.com/nL9kNmg2ow

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Albakr, who had been granted asylum after coming to Germany last year, was arrested yesterday in the city of Leipzig after three fellow Syrians tied him up and alerted police.