Germany bound suspected suitcase bomb in Namibia was a fake manufactured in the U.S. to test airport security

 Germany said the suitcase believed to contain a bomb that was found at Namibia on a German bound airplane was a fake bomb manufactured by a U.S. company to test airport security. Investigations are continuing as to how it ended up where it did.

Source: Daily Mail (U.K) 

Previous report:  Suspected bomb likely bound for Germany, currently under "concrete" terror threat, found in Namibia

Suspected bomb likely bound for Germany, currently under "concrete" terror threat, found in Namibia

 A suspected bomb¹  - a suit case containing a detonator, batteries and a ticking clock, but without any explosives² - that was probably bound for Germany, has been found at at the international airport outside the Namibian capital Windhoek.¹

 According to AFP,

"It is an unlabelled piece of luggage, which means that its destination was not indicated nor was the airline with which it was to fly.¹

But Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said authorities had found "several indications" that the baggage was to be put on the Munich-bound flight.¹

 On Wednesday, Germany stepped up security after receiving a tip-off from an unnamed country of "concrete indications" that Islamic extremists were making "sustained efforts" to carry out terror attacks against the country at the end of November.³

BBC reports,

officials say the country has a significant Islamist community, and militant links to Germany appear to be growing³

Sources: 1. AFP, 2. 3. BBC


UPDATE:

Germany bound suspected suitcase bomb in Namibia was a fake manufactured in the U.S. to test airport security


Follow up story:

Germany looking for two Pakistani and two Indians, believed already in the country, for planning end of November bombings there


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