German authorities arrested a 28-year-old Syrian citizen this morning, suspected of planning to detonate explosive devices targeting civilian sites using a homemade suicide belt for "Islamic and jihadist extremist" reasons. The statement indicated: "The Syrians are said to have planned an attack with a homemade suicide belt motivated by Islamic and extremist jihadist beliefs aimed at civilian targets." The public prosecution office in the coastal city of Hamburg conducted searches as part of a joint investigation with the police and arrested an individual who had purchased raw materials online over several weeks to manufacture bombs.