Latest About News A man described as a US citizen of Pakistani origin has been arrested in connection with an attempted car bombing in New York's Times Square.The man has been identified as Faisal Shahzad, 30, a Pakistani-American, and was arrested on Long Island, New York. A US TV said the man was trying to board a plane for an unknown location at John F Kennedy International Airport and that investigators were looking for others in the probe.
The New York Times said the suspect lived in the US state of Connecticut. Authorities had launched a massive manhunt with the FBI's terrorism task force and local New York police to try to catch the would-be bomber.
Shahzad had been linked to a sport utility vehicle seized with explosives late Saturday in the busy New York district.
The police sources told US media that the man had recently returned from a trip to Pakistan and three weeks ago paid cash for the Nissan Pathfinder SUV used in the attempted bombing.
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