Germany probes synagogue suspect, pledges better security
(WorldNews Germany)

HALLE, Germany (AP) - German investigators puzzled Thursday over how the suspect in a botched attack on a synagogue on Judaism`s holiest day managed to amass at least 4 kilograms (nearly 9 pounds) of explosives and acquire four firearms, an arsenal they said he planned to use in a massacre. While many questions remain about the suspect, German officials sought to reassure a shaken Jewish community after Wednesday`s attack in the eastern city of Halle. They invoked Germany`s historical responsibility from the Holocaust as they vowed better security and urged the nation to stand behind its Jews. The attacker, a German identified by prosecutors as Stephan B., tried but failed to force his way...