Caterer Arrested in New York Plot
By ZAHID HUSSAIN And TOM WRIGHT
WSJ
ISLAMABAD—Pakistani authorities have arrested four people in connection with the failed Times Square bomb plot, including an executive at a catering company that its owner said often served meals for staff of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad.
A U.S. official in Washington said Friday that there were indications terrorists might have been planning to use the company as cover for an attack in Pakistan.
The arrests begin to fill in the picture of Times Square suspect Faisal Shahzad's contacts in Pakistan, where he spent several months starting last year and, according to U.S. investigators, received training from local militants.
The development sketches a picture—still poorly understood—of additional support from an urban, middle-class segment of Pakistani society that could be helping expatriate Pakistanis who want to carry out jihadist operations. Still, U.S. officials said they don't believe the arrested men represented a direct threat to the U.S.
Law-enforcement agencies arrested Salman Ashraf Khan, a 35-year-old vice president of Islamabad-based Hanif Rajput Catering Services, this month in connection with the May 1 bombing attempt, a senior Pakistani intelligence official said Friday.
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WSJ
ISLAMABAD—Pakistani authorities have arrested four people in connection with the failed Times Square bomb plot, including an executive at a catering company that its owner said often served meals for staff of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad.
A U.S. official in Washington said Friday that there were indications terrorists might have been planning to use the company as cover for an attack in Pakistan.
The arrests begin to fill in the picture of Times Square suspect Faisal Shahzad's contacts in Pakistan, where he spent several months starting last year and, according to U.S. investigators, received training from local militants.
The development sketches a picture—still poorly understood—of additional support from an urban, middle-class segment of Pakistani society that could be helping expatriate Pakistanis who want to carry out jihadist operations. Still, U.S. officials said they don't believe the arrested men represented a direct threat to the U.S.
Law-enforcement agencies arrested Salman Ashraf Khan, a 35-year-old vice president of Islamabad-based Hanif Rajput Catering Services, this month in connection with the May 1 bombing attempt, a senior Pakistani intelligence official said Friday.
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