Story highlights Police say a 'highly explosive mix' of substances was in the apartment

The suspect being sought is identified as Syrian man Jaber Albakr

(CNN) Police in Germany are hunting a 22-year-old Syrian man in connection with a suspected planned bomb attack, Saxony Police told CNN on Saturday.

He was named by police as Jaber Albakr. He was born Jan. 10, 1994 and is from the Damascus countryside, police said.

The details emerged during a large-scale police operation in the city of Chemnitz.

Two people were arrested at the city's train station, police said, and their luggage was being searched. The station was temporarily cordoned off, police said. Another person was arrested in the city center. Police said they believe the person was in contact with the suspect.

Currently running a large-scale operation in #Chemnitz because of the suspicion of a planned bomb attack. — Polizei Sachsen (@PolizeiSachsen) October 8, 2016

Officers found traces of explosives in their search of an apartment in the city's Fritz-Heckert district, Saxony Police spokesman Tom Bernhardt told CNN.

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