Detainee in Pakistan has 'direct links' to London attacks
Police in Pakistan have detained a man with direct links to the London bombings amid a crackdown that has led to the arrests of dozens of suspected militants, an intelligence official said today.
“We have an important man in our custody,” the senior intelligence official said. “I am not in a position to disclose his name right now, but the maximum that I can tell you is that he has some direct links with the London attacks.”
Speaking in the eastern city of Lahore, the official declined to say when the man was arrested, or elaborate on his alleged links with the London bombings.
“We have apprehended several suspects, more arrests are in the offing,” said Lahore police chief Tariq Salim said. “It will continue until they are rooted out.”
