'Bomb' Found on Germany-Bound Plane

Armed police officers patrol the central train station in Duesseldorf, 18 Nov. Germany increased security at airports and train stations after the government received indications a terrorist attack may be planned for the end of the month. Photo by EPA

A suspect package containing a detonator, batteries and a ticking clock was found on a suitcase checked onto a Munich-bound plane, German police have said.

The bag was detected before it could be loaded on the flight from Namibia. The flight was delayed for several hours but landed safely at Munich on Thursday morning.

"We are still investigating the suspicious object," a Namibian police spokesman told the BBC. "It's too early to say if it's terrorist-related. We will only pronounce when the investigation is completed."

A day earlier Germany increased security at airports and railway stations in light of "concrete indications" of terrorist attacks being planned for the end of November.

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said it followed a tip-off from another, unnamed country.

Germany had information on "sustained efforts" by Islamist extremists to carry out attacks, he said.

The country's threat level -- raised because of a "new situation" -- is now the same as it was during Germany's 2009 September federal elections.

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