Asif Shahzad & Jamey Keaten
PARIS (AP) - Two suspected Islamist extremists from France have been arrested in Pakistan after meeting with a man accused of ties to al-Qaida, officials said Thursday.
The French men, who have not been identified publicly, were arrested at a bus stop in the eastern city of Lahore in late January after going there from the airport with a man identified as Tahir Shehzad, a Pakistani intelligence official said.
Information from Shehzad led Pakistani agents to Umar Patek, an Indonesian al-Qaida linked suspect detained on Jan. 25, the official said. The French men had intended to travel with Patek to Pakistan's North Waziristan region where al-Qaida's top command is based, he said on condition of anonymity.
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