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Device that caused bomb scare meant to test security

BERLIN — Germany’s interior minister said Friday that a laptop case rigged with wires, a clock and a detonator found at a Namibian airport was really a mock bomb built in the United States to test airport security.

The minister, Thomas de Maiziere, said it was “highly unlikely” that a German....

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