A Syrian terror suspect was arrested in Germany after three of his fellow countrymen recognised him from a wanted poster, tied him up, then called police.

Jaber Albakr, 22, was granted asylum in Germany but is suspected of preparing a bomb attack in the country.

Albakr allegedly went on the run after officers raided an apartment in Chemnitz on Saturday and found several hundred grams of volatile explosives.

Saxony criminal police chief Joerg Michaelis said the suspect approached three Syrians at Lipzeig's main train station and asked if they could accommodate him.

Lipzeig police station. Credit: PA

The men recognised Albakr from a police wanted poster.

Two of the men bound and held him up whilst the third person went to a local police station with a photo of the suspect. Albakr was arrested shortly after midnight.

Lipzeig is 50 miles away from Chemnitz.

Ulrike Demmer, a spokeswoman for German chancellor Angela Merkel, thanked the authorities and the Syrians who helped detain Albakr.