Detainee in Pakistan has 'direct links' to London attacks

Police in Pakistan have detained a man with direct links to the London bombings amid a crackdown that has led to the arrests of dozens of suspected militants, an intelligence official said today.

“We have an important man in our custody,” the senior intelligence official said. “I am not in a position to disclose his name right now, but the maximum that I can tell you is that he has some direct links with the London attacks.”