During the year there were several explosives in Leipzig.
The police could now arrest an urgent suspect.
Leipzig - On Monday (October 11th) there was a deflagration in an apartment in an apartment building in Leipzig.
The 33-year-old tenant was injured and then hospitalized.
There the man was not only treated, but arrested.
This was announced by the Saxony police on Thursday (October 14).
He is strongly suspected of being responsible for a series of explosives in Leipzig.
Leipzig: Series of explosives since May
The police had already reported a possible series of explosives in the summer.
In August, an incendiary device hidden in a cardboard box detonated when a pedestrian grabbed it.
His right hand and lower abdomen were injured.
In the same month a stroller kicked a package lying on the sidewalk, which then exploded.
The man suffered superficial injuries to his legs and face.
In June an attempt was made to blow up a used clothing container.
Another explosive device was blown up on site by police specialists.
Already at the end of May there was an explosion in the area of a bottle deposit machine in a shopping market.
The contents of a PET bottle that got into the rolling mill caused the deflagration in the machine.
Series of explosives in Leipzig: police arrest suspects
"Since there was reasonable suspicion that the 33-year-old could be responsible for several crimes in the recent past, the suspect was declared on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, the provisional arrest," wrote the police in their statement.
On Wednesday (October 13), the public prosecutor's office applied for an arrest warrant to be issued.
"On the same day, the investigating judge issued the arrest warrant in accordance with the application because of the urgent suspicion of causing explosive explosions in several cases, each involving an offense with (partially attempted) dangerous bodily harm and a case of preparing an explosion crime, and announced the arrest warrant to the accused "The police continued to say.
The investigation continues.
(ph / afp)
