WASHINGTON: An army major has been arrested in connection with the failed bombing earlier this month in New York's Times Square, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. If the report, which quoted Pakistani law enforcement sources, is confirmed, it would the first time someone in Pakistan's military establishment implicated in the botched car bombing plot.
The Washington Post said the extent of the major's alleged involvement remained unclear, but that unnamed law enforcement sources told the paper he had met chief suspect Faisal Shahzad in Islamabad and had cell phone contact with him.
According to the newspaper a second suspect being held by the Pakistani authorities acted as a liaison between Shahzad and the Pakistani Taliban – blamed by the US for being behind the attempted Times Square attack.
Pakistani law enforcement sources told the paper Shahzad met the suspect three times last summer and at one meeting gave him an undisclosed sum of money for the attempted bombings. |