Lebanese student arrested in German train bomb plot

BBC:

German police have arrested a Lebanese student suspected of planting bombs on trains last month which are believed to have been a failed terror attack.

The man, 21, was detained at the main rail station in the city of Kiel.

The arrest follows the release of closed circuit TV footage of two male suspects by police on Friday.

The devices in abandoned suitcases on two trains failed to go off. Police said the bombers had intended to kill large numbers of people.

The student had studied in the Baltic Sea port city of Kiel, where he was arrested in the early morning.

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Investigators first thought the bombs were part of a blackmail attempt, but they now believe the incident was the work of a terrorist group based in Germany.

A note written in Arabic, a telephone number in Lebanon, and packets of starch with labels in Arabic and English were found alongside the devices.

The authorities say they're investigating a possible link to Lebanon but they also haven't ruled out a link to Pakistan.

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The arrest of a Lebanese student suggest a link to Lebanon intead of Pakistan for this one. Gateway Pundit has more on the search for the suspects. The BBC does not give the religious affiliation of the arrested suspect, but it is a pretty good bet he is not a Christian. It will be interesting to see if he has ties to Hezballah.

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