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Washington: A middle-aged individual who is suspected by the FBI and other investigating agencies for being involved in the failed Times Square car bombing and is a naturalised US citizen of Pakistani origin, has been arrested media reports said today.
'Authorities were closing in on a man who they said was a naturalised US citizen from Pakistan, according to a
senior Obama administration official,' The Washington Post reported.
The Connecticut resident, whose name has not been released so far, is believed to have used cash to purchase the
Nissan Pathfinder that was set ablaze but failed to detonate Saturday night on a tourist-crowded block in Midtown
Manhattan, the daily said.
'Investigators and agents also were scouring international phone records showing calls between some of the
people who might be associated with this and folks overseas,' an official who has discussed the case with intelligence
officers was quoted as saying by The Post.
The CNN said investigators are examining phone records of businesses that sell some of the bomb's components and
chasing leads in 'several locations' on the East Coast and beyond.
A federal law enforcement official, to whom CNN spoke, would not say whether any of the leads were in other countries, and cautioned that the investigation could take 'a few more days or weeks.'
The ABC news reported that there is growing evidence the bomber did not act alone and had ties to radical elements
overseas.
One senior official told the news channel that there are several individuals believed to be connected with the
bombing and that at least one of them is a Pakistani-American. Another law enforcement officials said the probe was
closing in on the driver of the vehicle and an unknown number of others connected to him, the news channel said.
'This is moving very fast because they left behind a treasure trove of evidence in the unexploded car,' one US
official told ABC News.
The license plate on the car was apparently stolen from an auto repair shop outside Bridgeport, Connecticut,
according to law enforcement officials, it said.
Referring to the interviews with authorities in the administration, the CBS news said the buyer of the SUV is a
man of Pakistani descent who recently travelled to Pakistan. 'The officials say the man is a Connecticut resident
who paid cash weeks ago for the SUV parked in Times Square on Saturday and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb,' it said.
'Pending investigation. We are continuing to pursue leads in an effort to identify the individual or individuals
who left the vehicle in Times Square,' FBI spokesman Paul Bersson told PTI. PTI
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senior Obama administration official,' The Washington Post reported.
The Connecticut resident, whose name has not been released so far, is believed to have used cash to purchase the
Nissan Pathfinder that was set ablaze but failed to detonate Saturday night on a tourist-crowded block in Midtown
Manhattan, the daily said.
'Investigators and agents also were scouring international phone records showing calls between some of the
people who might be associated with this and folks overseas,' an official who has discussed the case with intelligence
officers was quoted as saying by The Post.
The CNN said investigators are examining phone records of businesses that sell some of the bomb's components and
chasing leads in 'several locations' on the East Coast and beyond.
A federal law enforcement official, to whom CNN spoke, would not say whether any of the leads were in other countries, and cautioned that the investigation could take 'a few more days or weeks.'
The ABC news reported that there is growing evidence the bomber did not act alone and had ties to radical elements
overseas.
One senior official told the news channel that there are several individuals believed to be connected with the
bombing and that at least one of them is a Pakistani-American. Another law enforcement officials said the probe was
closing in on the driver of the vehicle and an unknown number of others connected to him, the news channel said.
'This is moving very fast because they left behind a treasure trove of evidence in the unexploded car,' one US
official told ABC News.
The license plate on the car was apparently stolen from an auto repair shop outside Bridgeport, Connecticut,
according to law enforcement officials, it said.
Referring to the interviews with authorities in the administration, the CBS news said the buyer of the SUV is a
man of Pakistani descent who recently travelled to Pakistan. 'The officials say the man is a Connecticut resident
who paid cash weeks ago for the SUV parked in Times Square on Saturday and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb,' it said.
'Pending investigation. We are continuing to pursue leads in an effort to identify the individual or individuals
who left the vehicle in Times Square,' FBI spokesman Paul Bersson told PTI. PTI
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