Times Square plot broadens, as many as 8 suspects detained in Pakistan

More arrests have been made in the failed terror plot on New York’s Times Square in Pakistan. Fox News is reporting at least 8 suspects have been arrested in connection with the plot. From Fox News/CBS News:

Between four and eight people have been taken into custody for questioning in Pakistan in connection with the investigation of the Times Square bombing attempt, sources told CBS News.

Authorities are not saying who the potential suspects are or where they are being held, but they say there were raids Monday night and Tuesday morning in different locations. Some of them reportedly may be related to suspect Fasial Shahzad, the Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who was arrested overnight in New York.

Also, a man was arrested in Karachi for his connection to the bombing attempt, Pakistani intelligence sources told Fox News.

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