Syrian bomb suspect kills himself in German jail

Abomb suspect who was tied up and turned in by three Syrian refugees in Germany has taken his own life while in police custody.

Saxony’s state Justice Ministry says the 22-year-old Syrian man arrested for a suspected Islamic extremist bomb plot killed himself Wednesday in a prison cell in Leipzig.

Justice Ministry spokesman Joerg Herold told The Associated Press Jaber al-Bakr killed himself sometime in the evening, but that the incident was still being investigated.

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

“Great news!! The police have arrested the Syrian suspect (Jaber alBakr). We sincerely thank the police and our compatriots. We fled from the war and know what it means to live in insecure conditions,” reads a post on the Facebook page of German Life Style, a page run for and by Syrian refugees.

The arrest of the Syrian terror suspect came after an unsuccessful attempt by police to apprehend alBakr in Chemnitz on Saturday.