London bombings suspects visited Pakistan last year

Three of the four suspected suicide bombers in the July 7 attacks in London travelled to Karachi in southern Pakistan in 2004, but the purpose of their visits was unclear, an immigration official said today.

London bombings suspects visited Pakistan last year

Three of the four suspected suicide bombers in the July 7 attacks in London travelled to Karachi in southern Pakistan in 2004, but the purpose of their visits was unclear, an immigration official said today.

Shahid Hayyat, a deputy director at the Federal Investigation Agency, said one of the men arrived in Karachi in July 2004, and immigration officials were unclear on the details of his departure. Two other men arrived in the same city on November 19 and returned to London in February, according to Hayyat.

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