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Suspect's father to meet security officials: report

A retired Nigerian banker said he is meeting with security officials because he fears his son may have been the man who allegedly tried to bomb a Detroit-bound flight, the Associated Press said Saturday.

Former bank official Alhaji Umaru Mutallab was quoted as saying that his son, identified by U.S. officials as Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, was a student in London. He said his son left London to travel, though he did not know where to.

An official said that the U.S. has known for two years that the suspect could have terrorist ties, according to an Associated Press bulletin on Friday afternoon that provided no other immediate details.

Mutallab said, "I believe he might have been to Yemen, but we are investigating to determine that."

The development comes as officials in several countries are investigating how a Nigerian man, who claimed he was acting on behalf of al-Qaida, became a threat to blow up a Delta Airlines flight as it landed at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Friday.

According to reports reaching here, British authorities were searching Saturday a London apartment where the 23-year-old Nigerian student once lived.

The investigation continued as authorities in both the United States and the United Kingdom stepped up airport security.

The U.S. government called it an "attempted terrorist attack" and said President Barack Obama would get new briefings Saturday on the investigation in Hawaii, where he is on vacation. ¡¡

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