Germany bomb plot suspect found dead in cell

A Syrian man arrested on suspicion he had planned a jihadist bomb attack on a Berlin airport was found dead in his cell on Wednesday after an apparent suicide, authorities said.

Jaber Albakr, 22, who was arrested two days earlier following a tense manhunt after police found explosives in his apartment, was discovered hanged in his jail cell in the eastern city of Leipzig, reported Germany's Bild daily, national news agency DPA and other media.