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| German Police Release Bombing Suspect |
| 2004-07-11 |
| German authorities said Saturday that they released a suspect in a nail bombing last month in a Cologne street that injured 22 people, citing a lack of evidence to connect him to the crime. The man, a 23-year-old German who once lived in Cologne, was arrested Friday morning in western Germany on a tip. The man's alibi put him away from the scene of the crime, and there is nothing now to link him to the scene, police spokesman Wolfgang Beus said Saturday. Police have said the bomb -- a gas canister filled with gunpowder and nails -- was likely in a backpack strapped to a bicycle left in front of the two buildings in a Turkish immigrant neighborhood. Investigators say the crudely build bomb was made by an amateur with a remote control device used for toys. Authorities last month released photos from a video surveillance camera of a man pushing the bicycle toward the scene shortly before the blast. Police said Friday that the suspected appeared to be the man in the video, but Beus said that was not certain. Investigators have yet to establish a motive for the June 9 attack. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |