Yemeni security officials said Saturday that a girl believed to have sent bomb parcels on two US-bound flights had been arrested in her house in the capital Sana'a, dpa reported.
The two parcels were found Friday at airports in London and Dubai on flights originating in Yemen.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh told reporters that Yemen had received a tip about the girl from US authorities.
US officials had identified the girl through a mobile phone SIM card attached to one of the parcels.
The girl, who was not named, was arrested along with her mother after police forces raided their home in the poor Madhbah neighbourhood in Sana'a, police sources said.
"She is a student of medicine, and she was arrested for interrogation," one police source said on condition of anonymity.
Saleh said his country doesn't want to any foreign intervention to fight al-Qaeda.
"We don't want anyone to intervene in the Yemeni affairs and chase al-Qaeda here," Saleh said during a news conference. "We will use our aircraft and equipment to pursue al-Qaeda wherever they exist (in Yemen)."