Pakistani intelligence agents have arrested six suspects over a suicide car bombing outside the US consulate in Karachi in March which killed an American diplomat and four other people, officials said Friday.
"I can confirm that six people have been arrested in connection with the US consulate suicide bombing," a senior security official told AFP.
The investigators have also identified the suicide bomber as Mohammed Tahir, the official said requesting anonymity. "Tahir used to work with militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed and he was assigned the task by a person directly linked with al Qaeda," he said.
Tahir had rammed his explosives-laden car into a diplomatic vehicle outside the US consulate in Karachi on March 2, killing the diplomat and four others. The attack came less than two days before US President George W. Bush was scheduled to make a high-security trip to Pakistan. Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Friday congratulated police and intelligence agencies for the arrests.