A German wanted for sending letter bombs to politicians was found dead after apparently blowing himself up as authorities were closing in. Police in the Bavarian village of Hutthurm near the border to Austria said the DNA of the badly burned corpse of Johann Lang, 22, matched a sample of the letter-bomber's blood found on a discarded glove.
Lang was wanted for sending nine letter bombs in the last six months to Bavarian politicians, local officials and the head of Poland's consular office in Munich.
One secretary was injured slightly in one bombing while the other eight bombs failed to detonate or were defused before they could explode. Police warned Lang may have sent other letter bombs just before committing suicide.
All 2,300 men in Hutthurm were called in by police to take DNA tests. Police said they believed Lang killed himself because he was scheduled to report on Saturday for one of the most comprehensive genetic tests in German history.