http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_on_re_eu/germany_terror_investigation 2nd German terror plot suspect arrested By DAVID RISING, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 33 minutes ago The second main suspect in a failed plot to bomb two German trains turned himself in to authorities in his native Lebanon on Thursday, German federal prosecutors said. Jihad Hamad, 20, was arrested after turning himself in to police in Tripoli, prosecutors said in a statement. The other main suspect, a 21-year-old Lebanese student identified as Youssef Mohamad el Hajdib, was arrested in Germany on Saturday. The men are suspected of planting crude bombs July 31 on two trains at Cologne station, where they were seen in grainy surveillance camera footage pulling wheeled suitcases. The detonators on the bombs went off, but failed to ignite the devices, authorities have said. The bombs were found later in the day on regional trains in Koblenz and Dortmund. El Hajdib's arrest came after a tip-off from Lebanese intelligence, according to German authorities. It was not immediately clear whether they were also involved in Hamad's decision to turn himself in. Hamad's arrest comes a day after Germany issued an international arrest warrant for him on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization, attempting to set off an explosion and multiple counts of attempted murder. Investigators were able to determine his identity through the video surveillance footage, prosecutors said. Authorities are now seeking his extradition, prosecutors said. German investigators had offered a reward of up to a $65,000 for information leading to Hamad's arrest. A wanted poster showed both a blurry picture of the suspect taken from the surveillance footage and a clear head shot of Hamad, clean shaven with short hair. Authorities have said others possibly were involved in the plot. They said Wednesday they were trying to determine if there were any links to known terrorist organizations. Because of the rudimentary nature of the bomb construction - barbecue gas canisters with trigger mechanisms using alarm clocks - and the fact that they failed to go off, experts have speculated that the suspects did not have serious terrorist training. Still, the case has caused widespread public concern that Germany is now also a target for terrorism. It has prompted calls for tougher security measures, including more video surveillance and a database of potential terrorists. Police searched Hamad's Cologne apartment Wednesday after determining he was the second bombing suspect. The daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, citing unnamed police sources, reported Thursday that unused detonators and accelerants were found during the search and that authorities believed both of the bombs were made in the apartment. Federal police spokesman Dietmar Mueller said he could neither confirm nor deny the report because the investigation was ongoing.
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