NY plot worries Pakistani Americans

Pakistani community thrown on the defensive after failed Times Square bomb attempt.

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Investigators in Pakistan and the US are continuing to pursue possible links between Faisal Shahzad, the New York bomb suspect, and fighters in Pakistan.

The Pakistani ambassador to Washington said that no such connection has yet been established.

Pakistanis and Pakistani Americans in Jackson Heights, New York, have been thrown on the defensive by recent events.

Al Jazeera’s John Terrett reports from New York, on how the attempted attack is causing concern among the Pakistani community.

Source: Al Jazeera