Detainee has ‘direct links’ to London bombings

PAKISTANI officials yesterday revealed they had arrested someone who, they claimed, was an “important man” with “direct links” to the London bombings.

A senior intelligence official in the eastern city of Lahore confirmed that the man was in custody, but refused to disclose his name, or elaborate on his alleged links to the July 7 attacks.

It was earlier reported that Haroon Rashid Aswad, a British Muslim who is believed to be wanted in connection with the bombings, had been arrested in Lahore.