A Pakistani family that owns airport baggage handling company in the US is among those being questioned in regard to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on Tuesday, the Fox News channel reported on Wednesday morning. Investigators are also questioning ground handling personnel at Washington and Boston airports as to how the terrorists, who hijacked four planes, were able to carry knives or any other weapons that were apparently used by them to commandeer the planes that crashed into the World Trade Centre besides striking the Pentagon. A fourth aircraft crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Thousands of investigators began piecing together the evidence to pinpoint those behind the worst ever terrorist acts in the united states history and the needle of suspicion pointed towards Saudi dissident Osama Bin Laden reportedly based on the intercept of communications of his supporters.
They were also investigating security lapses at the domestic airports from where the flight originated and trying to find answers as to how the terrorists were able to smuggle in knives which they used to reportedly hijack them. In New Jersey, three people travelling in a van were detained and being questioned by the FBI. Officials denied earlier reports that the van was carrying explosives but declined to give the exact location where they were nabbed.
Law and enforcement officials were going through passengers list of the hijacked planes and were also investigating relatives of the passengers with whom they were in touch by cell phones before the planes crashed. Bureau Report