Arrest Made In New York Times Square Bombing Attempt

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Connecticut Man Shahzad Faisal Taken into Custody in New York.

Authorities have taken Shahzad Faisal, a Connecticut man, into custody in connection with the failed Times Square bombing attempt.

Earlier sources said that the buyer of the SUV used in a failed attack is a man of Pakistani descent who recently traveled to Pakistan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the case is at a sensitive stage.

The officials say the man is a Connecticut resident who paid cash weeks ago for the SUV parked in Times Square on Saturday and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb.

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