Germany: Cologne hostage-taking wasn’t terror incident

BERLIN (AP) — German federal prosecutors have handed off the investigation of an October hostage-taking in Cologne after failing to find evidence of an Islamic extremist motive.
Federal prosecutors, who handle terrorism and national security cases, said Friday they were handing the case to Cologne prosecutors. The suspect, a 55-year-old Syrian national, is accused of starting a fire Oct. 15 at Cologne’s main train station in which two people were hurt, before taking an employee at a