Syrian bomb plot suspect to be kept in German jail

By Abbey Westbury
November 01 2017 07:31 AM

CP579585724 — Police officers guard in front of the federal court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. They are are supposed to accompany a terror suspect from Syria who will appear before the court after being arrested in Schwerin, Germany, Oct. 31, 2017. White lines caused by bars of a fence. (Uli Deck/dpa via AP)

BERLIN – A judge has ordered a 19-year-old Syrian migrant suspected of plotting a bomb attack in Germany kept in custody pending a possible indictment.

The man, identified only as Yamen A. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested Tuesday in the northeastern city of Schwerin. Prosecutors said he was brought before a judge at a closed-doors hearing Wednesday and ordered held on suspicion of preparing a serious act of violence.

Authorities say he had procured chemicals used to make the explosive TATP and other bomb-making materials usually used to build a remote-controlled bomb. They see no evidence that he was a member of a terror group.

Interior Ministry spokeswoman Sonja Kock said Wednesday the suspect sought asylum in September 2015. He was granted a three-year residence permit in April 2016.

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