Three people in three states arrested in connection with Times Square bomb scare

Last Sunday New York's Times Square was brought to a standstill while police defused an "amateurish" but potentially lethal bomb, spotted by a street vendor. Now three people have been arrested in connection.

Thousands of people were evacuated from the area at around 6:30 pm locally (10:30pm GMT) by the New York Police Department when a T-shirt vendor noticed a "smoking" vehicle.

Janet Napolitano, the US homeland security secretary said the failed attack will be treated as a potential act of terrorism. Since last Sunday agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations have been scouring up and down the Tri-State area and beyond trying to find anything useful to the case.

On Thursday three men were arrested by the FBI in connection with the failed attack. Houses were raided in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts during the investigation.

The three men included two Pakistani men, who are accussed of providing money to the principal leader Faisal Shahzad who is being held as prime suspect.