Ambassador to US says too early to know if NYC car bomb suspect trained in Pakistan

Ambassador: Unknown if Shahzad Pakistani trained

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States says it is premature to speculate on whether Faisal Shahzad trained with any radical groups in Pakistan before he allegedly tried to explode a car bomb in New York City’s Times Square.

Ambassador Husain Haqqani said Wednesday that an investigation into Shahzad’s links to Pakistan is ongoing. He said an unspecified number of people had been questioned but no one has been arrested or detained in Pakistan. U.S. officials have also been unable to verify whether Shahzad trained to make bombs at a terrorist camp in Pakistan.

Haqqani spoke to The Associated Press prior to an appearance at Harvard in Massachusetts. Haqqani said Shahzad was not on the “radar screen” of U.S. or Pakistani law enforcement prior to Saturday’s failed bombing.