A Syrian migrant suspected of planning a bomb attack on a Berlin airport has reportedly been found hanged while in police custody.<br /><br /> Twenty-two-year-old Jaber al-Bakr is said to have committed suicide despite having been under round-the-clock surveillance in a Leipzig prison.<br /><br /> German police seized al-Bakr in the eastern city of Leipzig on Monday (Oct 10) following a two-day hunt after he evaded arrest during a raid on a flat in nearby Chemnitz. <br /><br /> German police had been watching him for months when they targeted the property where they found 1.5kg of explosives.<br /><br /> Albakr was eventually caught after three Syrians he met via an online forum on refugee accommodation recognised the 22-year-old’s face from ‘wanted’ posters. They raised the alarm after having tied him up.<br /><br /> Hope everybody gets this story right: Syrian #refugees in Leipzig identify & tie up wanted #terror suspect & deliver him to German police.— Volker Perthes (@volkerperthes) October 11, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> Investigators believe al-Bakr who is thought to have had links with ISIL, had been close to planning a serious attack comparable to that which that killed 130 people in Paris last year.<br />
