Arrested terror suspect 'may be linked to London bombings'

Pakistani security agencies are investigating whether one of two al-Qaida suspects they have arrested is a Syrian linked to the July 7 London bombings and believed to be a key figure in Osama bin Laden’s terror network in Europe, it emerged today.

Pakistani security agencies are investigating whether one of two al-Qaida suspects they have arrested is a Syrian linked to the July 7 London bombings and believed to be a key figure in Osama bin Laden’s terror network in Europe, it emerged today.

The two suspects were captured this week during a raid on a house in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s south-western Baluchistan province, said an intelligence official.

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