Cologne bomb suspect caught on camera

[Kellanved]

COLOGNE - Authorities in Germany have revealed that a suspect in a bombing that injured 22 persons in Cologne was photographed by a video surveillance camera shortly before the detonation.

The explosive device, a gas cylinder packed with gunpowder and carpenter nails, ripped through a hair salon and shattered windows in a wide radius when it went off on a crowded street shortly after 4pm on 9 June.

Authorities have ruled out an attack by Islamic radicals or neo- Nazis, and believe instead that business rivals or a protection-money extortion racket may have been to blame.

A nationwide manhunt has been underway for a man about 30 years old with short-cropped blond hair who eyewitnesses said parked a bicycle outside the shop that was ravaged by the explosive.

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http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=8645

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[Aidoneus]

1. Round up all white men with blonde hair!

I have suspected this was an anti-Islamic or anti-immigrant attack, what information does the German police have that would suspect otherwise? I don't imagine the 'hair salon' business to be one too deep in protection rackets..

[Kellanved]

2. nobody has claimed credit for the attack

That's unusual with Neo-Nazis: they tend to be very proud about their crimes. (example: http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?channel_id=2&story_id=8536)
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Not just the hair salon was hit, but a Pizza-place as well - the latter might have been the target.
Anyway: an extremist background has not yet been ruled completely out.

[saigon68]

3. Where's the Gas Cylinder?

[Kellanved]

4. suitcase on the carrier

bag hanging from the handle bar; at least that's what the police report said :shrug: .

[saigon68]

6. Not very Big?

[chiburb]

5. Notice that he's wearing roller skates...

For his getaway?