Jaber al-Bakr

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Jaber al-Bakr ( Arabic جابر البكر Jabir al-Bakr , DMG Ǧābir al-Bakr , official spelling also Jaber Albakr ; * January 10, 1994 in Saʿsaʿ ; † October 12, 2016 in Leipzig ) was a Syrian citizen who was suspected of being a member of the Islamic State terrorist militia and of havingplanneda terrorist attack on Tegel Airport .

Life

Jaber al-Bakr came from Saʿsaʿ in southwest Syria, not far from the Golan Heights . According to one brother, he studied mechatronics in the nearby Syrian capital Damascus . He was temporarily arrested for criticizing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad . With money that he stole from his father, a wealthy building contractor - the equivalent of around 24,000 euros - he fled to North Africa and from there he took a boat across to Italy.

In this apartment building on Eilenburger Bergstrasse, al-Bakr lived in an apartment on the ground floor

On February 18, 2015, German police officers arrested al-Bakr in Rosenheim ; the following day he was registered at the initial reception center in Munich and sent to Chemnitz for initial reception , where he applied for asylum. He was assigned to the district of North Saxony and moved to Eilenburg on March 10th , initially in a four-man flat share of the Diakonie . He later moved into his own apartment, in which - according to a social worker - he invested a lot. On June 9th, he was recognized as a refugee and received - as is customary with Syrian war refugees - a three-year residence permit .

According to various media reports, al-Bakr is said to have stayed in Turkey twice in autumn 2015 (once from October 2015) and / or from spring to summer 2016. He called a former roommate in Eilenburg from the Syrian city of Idlib . Most recently he lived in an apartment in the Kappel district of Chemnitz , which the 33-year-old Syrian Khalil A., also a recognized refugee, had rented, but was still registered in Eilenburg.

Evidence of an Islamist terrorist background

According to a statement by al-Bakr's brother, he went to Berlin for Friday prayers “more and more often” in 2015 . One or more imams there urged him to fight in Syria. In September he then traveled to ar-Raqqa in Syria via Istanbul to join the “Islamic State” (IS). He stayed there for several months and then traveled on to Idlib. In January 2016, al-Bakr wrote on Facebook that he would go into " jihad ".

In August 2016, the owner of a Leipzig hotel filed a complaint after al-Bakr had damaged the kitchen equipment there with traces of fire and etching. The police only rated this as damage to property.

According to its President Hans-Georg Maaßen, the German Office for the Protection of the Constitution received an intelligence service tip at the beginning of September that the IS was planning an attack on the transport infrastructure in Germany. According to information from Welt am Sonntag , the tip came from a US service that had eavesdropped on al-Bakr's phone calls with an IS contact in Syria. Among other things, the production of explosives and possible targets were discussed; al-Bakr said “two kilos are ready” and a “large Berlin airport” is “better than trains”. In the second half of September, he is said to have scouted an airport in Berlin, which was only discovered during later investigations. In addition, he is said to have also considered infrastructure in Leipzig as a goal.

After al-Bakr - according to the Federal Prosecutor's Office - had searched the Internet for instructions on how to manufacture explosive devices and equipment "for 'jihad" "since the beginning of October 2016, he was identified as a suspect on October 6th. The next day the Office for the Protection of the Constitution was able to locate him, informed the Saxon police and began to monitor al-Bakr around the clock. Plain policemen took over the surveillance of the house in Chemnitz-Kappel and were recognized by residents. After the suspect was seen buying hot glue , police began to siege the apartment complex in order to forestall the possible completion of an explosive device.

arrest

At around 7 a.m. on October 8, 2016, a man - possibly al-Bakr - fled the house under surveillance. The police fired a warning shot and tried to follow the man on foot, which, according to the authorities, failed because of the heavy protective equipment used by the officers. The police had decided not to storm the house because they feared that the suspect could detonate an explosive device if it were accessed. In the apartment she found around 500 grams of the explosive triacetone triperoxide , around 800 or 1000 grams of other chemicals for the manufacture of this substance, as well as components that were suitable for the manufacture of an explosive device.

The police warned the population about the fugitive terrorist suspect and initiated a nationwide manhunt with photos taken by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution during the observation. Security precautions have been increased at Berlin's Tegel and Schönefeld airports . The tenant of the Chemnitz apartment, Khalil A., was arrested as a possible accomplice on suspicion of "aiding and abetting the preparation of a serious, state-endangering act of violence". Spiegel Online reported on August 20, 2017 that Khalil A. is free again due to a lack of suspicion.

Leipzig Central Station (2014)

During the ongoing manhunt, which also included special monitoring of train stations, al-Bakr went to Leipzig on the same day . There he looked for accommodation from the main train station . He was referred to a Syrian refugee living in the Leipzig district of Paunsdorf , who claims to have received a call from al-Bakr (under a false name) at around 6 p.m. and took him in. Al-Bakr stayed there overnight and had his head shaved by his host the next day - October 9th.

There are conflicting media reports on the further course of this day. WeltN24 relied on statements made by an unspecified acquaintance of the host, and Spiegel on statements made by the host and two of his compatriots who were involved in the further events. According to this, either the host or a Syrian acquaintance recognized the wanted person from a mug shot on the Internet, possibly only after the police had published the search notice in Arabic at around 9 p.m. One or two of the people involved went to the police station in Leipzig-Südwest, but were unable to make themselves understood because of language barriers. Two people overcame and handcuffed al-Bakr, who had gone to sleep, and one took a photo of the handcuffed man with his mobile phone. The photo or photos were either sent electronically to the compatriot (s) who had already presented to the police or brought there personally. The officers then understood the situation. Regular police found the wanted man handcuffed in the apartment at 12:42 a.m. and arrested him before the SEK who had been called arrived.

After his arrest, al-Bakr was questioned for two hours, brought to Dresden and brought before a judge there . Al-Bakr and his lawyer indicated that the accused would not make any further statements. According to the CDU politician Wolfgang Bosbach, Al-Bakr was very much ready to make further statements. A total of 700 officers from various security agencies were involved in the search and arrest. In addition to the police from Saxony, units from Bavaria, Brandenburg, Berlin and Thuringia were deployed, as well as representatives from other investigative authorities such as the Federal Criminal Police Office and the state offices for the protection of the constitution .

death

After his arrest on October 10, 2016, Jaber al-Bakr was in custody in the prison in Leipzig . According to media reports, the judge in Dresden had ticked a form on the transfer to the JVA Leipzig that al-Bakr was suicidal ; besides, she had classified him as a stranger . During his detention, al-Bakr was on thirst and hunger strike. According to the head of the prison, those responsible assumed there was a risk of suicide, which, however, was not "acute and clearly recognizable"; accordingly, controls were ordered every 15 minutes. Because of the possible danger to others, al-Bakr was taken into solitary confinement in a cell with an intermediate grid at the entrance, which serves to protect the staff, contrary to the usual practice in the event of a suicide risk . Placement in a BgH (specially secured detention room) was waived because this is only allowed if there is an acute risk of suicide.

A linguistic communication with the prisoner was only possible on October 11th when interpreters were called in. The control intervals have now been extended to 30 minutes on the basis of a psychological report. On the same day, al-Bakr tore the lamp from the cell ceiling. After noticing the damage, the cell was de-energized. It was later noticed that the prisoner had also tampered with electrical outlets. The damage was classified as vandalism and repaired the following day. A fellow inmate testified several times that there were parts of a ribbed shirt on the lamp. The man also stated that he had received an order from a prison officer to reattach the lamp. The official said that "if he tries that again, it will last". Although the Leipzig public prosecutor's office had the prisoner's statements, they would not have heard the witness again.

On the evening of October 12, al-Bakr was found hanged in his cell. The last regular check took place around 7:30 p.m. and the dead was discovered during an unplanned check at around 7:45 p.m. He had strangled himself in the front of the cell with his T-shirt. Resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. It was later revealed that there were cuts on the prisoner's wrists. Al-Bakr is said to have inflicted this on himself hours before his suicide. The prosecution did not mention these wounds in their final report. It is still unclear with which object al-Bakr is said to have inflicted the cuts and how this object came into his possession.

There had been no further attempts to question al-Bakr. The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office would have been responsible, which had pulled the case.

burial

The corpse was released for burial by forensic medicine in late October 2016. The relatives demand clarification of the circumstances of death, but no transfer to the home of the deceased.

Criticism of the authorities and processing

The circumstances of the suicide and possible failure to monitor the prisoner are the subject of public discussion, as are the difficulties involved in arresting him. Politicians from all parties represented in the Bundestag , including representatives of the federal government, saw errors in the processes in the Leipzig JVA and demanded a further investigation. Saxony's Prime Minister Stanislaw Tillich and Justice Minister Sebastian Gemkow admitted negligence in dealing with the prisoner.

The Saxon state government set up a commission of experts headed by the former constitutional judge Herbert Landau to investigate the entire process from the manhunt to al-Bakr's suicide and to present a report by the end of 2016. Other commission members are the former President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Heinz Fromm , the psychologist and former head of the JVA Celle Katharina Bennefeld-Kersten and the former Brandenburg Police Inspector Jürgen Jakobs. The expert commission listed a number of errors, which were then discussed, among other things, in television reports and other media. The interior and legal committees of the Saxon state parliament and the Bundestag dealt with the case without coming to a clear assessment. The family filed criminal charges against law enforcement officers for negligent homicide. The proceedings were closed in June 2017.

On October 16, 2016 in the disputed talk show Anne Will on The case of Al-Bakr - Is the state cope with the terror? Sebastian Gemkow , Joachim Herrmann , Katja Kipping , Georg Mascolo and Abdul Abbasi. On October 9, 2017, ARD broadcast a 45-minute film about Jaber al-Bakr as part of the series "Die Story im Erste".

TV reports

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Dschaber al-Bakr's apartment , photo gallery on lvz.de (accessed on November 1, 2018)
  3. ↑ a b c Terror suspect The Jaber al-Bakr case - a chronology ( memento from October 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) , mdr.de, October 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ How Jaber al-Bakr kept the investigators in suspense. In: Free Press. October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b c d The family of the alleged terrorist Jaber Albakr speaks for the first time , MDR, October 12, 2016
  6. ↑ a b Media reports Terror suspect al-Bakr was apparently in Turkey for several months ( memento of the original from October 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , MDR Saxony, October 13, 2016.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdr.de
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  8. ↑ Syrian Jaber al-Bakr: The Chemnitz Bomb Maker , Spiegel Online, October 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ a b Christoph Sydow: Arrest of Jaber Albakr: Vigilant secret services, courageous Syrians, hesitant police , Spiegel Online, October 11, 2016.
  10. ↑ Did terror suspect spend months in Turkey? , SAT.1 / DPA, October 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ Anna Reimann, Christoph Reuter: How Jaber Albakr became a fanatic , Spiegel Online, October 17, 2016.
  12. ↑ Saxony's police did not recognize explosive experiments , Spiegel Online, October 21, 2016.
  13. ↑ a b c Terror suspect Al-Bakr in custody , tagesschau.de, October 10, 2016.
  14. ^ A b Florian Flade: US secret service intercepted phone calls from al-Bakr , WeltN24, October 14, 2016.
  15. ^ Al-Bakr spied out the airport in Berlin , tagesschau.de, October 14, 2016.
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  17. ↑ Terror suspect Al-Bakr had IS contact. In: tagesschau.de (October 10, 2016).
  18. ↑ Interview with Hans-Georg Maaßen in the ZDF morning magazine , October 11, 2016.
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  20. ↑ Furnished with kitchen . In: Der Spiegel , issue 43/2016, page 50.
  21. ^ Georg Mascolo: The life and death of Jaber al-Bakr in Saxony , Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 13, 2016.
  22. ↑ Older sources erroneously spoke [According to a statement by a police spokesman in Spiegel TV Magazin, broadcast on October 16, 2016 at 10:50 pm on RTL, it was "several hundred grams".] Of 1.5 kilograms of explosives.
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  24. ↑ "From my point of view it was five to twelve" , WeltN24, October 11, 2016.
  25. ↑ Police warn the population about fleeing terrorist suspects , FAZ.net, October 8, 2016, accessed on October 16, 2016.
  26. ↑ Terror suspect “shuffles” , Spiegel Online, October 12, 2016
  27. ↑ Spiegel TV Magazin , broadcast on RTL on October 16, 2016 from 10:50 p.m.
  28. ^ Search for suspicious Syrians: Berlin police tighten controls , n-tv, October 8, 2016.
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  30. ↑ a b Annelie Naumann: How the police attacked at 0.42 a.m. , WeltN24, October 11, 2016.
  31. ↑ So the Syrians overpowered Al-Bakr . n-tv. October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  32. ↑ a b Gudula Geuther : Suicide of the terror suspect al-Bakr: Attorney General comes under criticism , Deutschlandfunk, October 17, 2016.
  33. ^ Saxon misjudgments , Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 14, 2016.
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  35. ^ Frank Jansen: After the suicide of Albakr: prison in Leipzig knew suicide risk. In: Der Tagesspiegel. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016 .
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  37. ↑ tagesschau.de: Death of a terror suspect: a suicide that raises many questions. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .
  38. ^ Detention center knew about the risk of suicide , Focus Online, October 12, 2016.
  39. ↑ Terror suspect Syrian Al-Bakr commits suicide while in custody , Deutsche Welle , October 12, 2016.
  40. ↑ Al-Bakr killed himself according to the autopsy result. Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 14, 2016, accessed on August 26, 2020 . .
  41. ↑ FOCUS Online: Al-Bakr cut his wrist hours before the suicide - staff didn't notice anything . In: FOCUS Online . ( focus.de [accessed on October 21, 2017]).
  42. ↑ Tillich admits errors in the al-Bakr case - autopsy result is available , Der Stern, October 14, 2016
  43. ↑ Press release SZ-online from November 3, 2016
  44. ↑ How could the closely guarded terrorist Syrian hang himself in prison? . bz-berlin .de, October 13, 2016.
  45. ↑ Terror suspect from Chemnitz: The many breakdowns in the Albakr case , Spiegel Online, October 13, 2016.
  46. ↑ Merkel calls for comprehensive clarification , br.de, October 14, 2016.
  47. ^ Prime Minister Tillich admits errors in the Al-Bakr case , Deutsche Welle, October 14, 2016.
  48. ↑ Suizid von al-Bakr: “Not adequately prepared” , Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 16, 2016.
  49. ↑ “All in all a successful anti-terrorist operation” , Die Zeit, October 10, 2016.
  50. ↑ Expert commission investigates the al-Bakr case ( memento of the original from October 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , mdr.de, October 18, 2016.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdr.de
  51. ↑ Jaber al-Bakr: Expert report sees a "whole series of errors" in the Al-Bakr case , Die Zeit January 24, 2017,
  52. ↑ Expert commission on the Albakr case, final report reveals mishaps during search , Der Tagesspiegel January 24, 2017
  53. ↑ Mixed conclusion after the special meeting on Al-Bakr , WeltN24, October 18, 2016.
  54. ↑ "The Free State of Saxony is solely responsible for these errors" , Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 19, 2016.
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  56. ↑ Suicide of bomb maker al-Bakr: Public prosecutor's office closes investigations
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personal data
SURNAME Bakr, Jaber al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jabir al-Bakr; Albakr, Jaber; جابر البكر (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION alleged Syrian terrorist
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Saʿsaʿ
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 2016
Place of death Leipzig