Pakistan arrests Britons in aircraft terror plot

Intelligence agents arrested seven people including at least two British nationals over an alleged terror plot aimed at blowing up US-bound passenger jets from Britain and claimed there was an al-Qaida connection in the case, Pakistani officials said.

Pakistan arrests Britons in aircraft terror plot

Intelligence agents arrested seven people including at least two British nationals over an alleged terror plot aimed at blowing up US-bound passenger jets from Britain and claimed there was an al-Qaida connection in the case, Pakistani officials said.

In a statement, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said arrests made in Pakistan had triggered arrests in Britain on the night of August 9 and 10.

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