MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Earlier on Wednesday, German media reported that al-Bakr had committed suicide even though he was under round-the-clock surveillance.
"On the evening of October 12, 2016, main suspect in the preparation of serious subversive violence Jaber Al-Bakr took his life in the hospital of the Leipzig Prison," the chancellery said in a Wednesday statement.
The Syrian migrant was suspected of planning a bomb attack on an airport in the German capital.
Jaber al-Bakr, 22, was arrested early on Monday in an apartment in the eastern German city of Leipzig after he was captured by fellow Syrians who alerted the police.
The Syrian was suspected of having plotted a bombing using some 3.3 pounds of explosives that were found at his Chemnitz home.
The Saxony criminal police chief said on Monday that al-Bakr appeared to be linked to the Daesh terror group, outlawed in multiple countries including Russia.
