Al Qaeda suspects held in Pakistan

13 April 2012

A number of suspected members of the al Qaeda terrorist network have been arrested in Pakistan.

The arrests were all made in the last 72 hours and the suspects are currently being interrogated, according to a Pakistani government official.

One man was stopped as he tried to leave the country from an airport in the eastern city of Lahore, and another was held in a nearby town.

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