Terrorists have struck in the very heart of Pakistan once again, this time even more dramatically and more purposefully than when they had attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team on March 03, 2009. Wearing police uniforms, around 20 heavily armed terrorists attacked the Police Training Centre in Manawan area of Lahore this morning, killing at least 12 and wounding 70 others. As per reports coming in as this is being written, the terrorists have taken control of the centre and are holding 800... Read Full Story
Pakistan attack wounds Sri Lankans photos, At least five members of the Sri Lankan cricket team have been injured in a shooting incident in the Pakistani city of Lahore, a Sri Lankan minister says. The incident happened when unidentified gunmen fired on a convoy carrying Sri Lankan and Pakistani cricketers. Pakistani officials said about 12 gunmen were involved and grenades and rocket launchers were recovered from the scene . At least five policemen have been killed in the attack , police... Read Full Story
SriLanka's tour of Pakistan was cancelled on Tuesday after about 12 unidentified gunmen opened fire and injured the visiting players, including Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera and Ajantha Mendis near the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore this morning.Seven to eight Sri Lankan players are believed to have received bullet wounds after the gunmen surrounded their team bus and opened fire while they were on their way to the stadium. Today was the third day of the second Test between Pakistan and... Read Full Story
Police in Pakistan have launched an intensive search for at least 12 gunmen believed responsible for Tuesday’s deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team.
A police commando carries a rocket launcher believed to be used in the attack on the Sri Lankan players.
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Seven security personnel and a driver were killed and eight players hurt — including two with gunshot wounds — in the ambush.
The Sri Lankan players were traveling by bus to Lahore’s Gaddafi... Read Full Story
Masked gunmen stormed a Pakistan police academy Monday, unleashing a fierce firefight that has left at least 20 dead in an echo of the commando-style assault on Sri Lanka's cricket team. Armed with grenades and assault rifles, and some of them dressed in police uniform, the attackers shot their way into the camp near Lahore and were continuing to trade fire five hours later with security forces. Television footage showed bodies of policemen lying face down on the parade ground as rescuers... Read Full Story
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March 5, 2009
Adam Lovejoy writes: The terrorist attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore two days ago on the Sri Lankan cricket team that was travelling to a test game has one sinister similarity with the carnage in Mumbai in India last year: both were carried out under the very noses of the security services that have managed... Read Full Story
The Sri Lankan cricket team ambush shows the security system has collapsed in Pakistan since the pro-Western government took office a year ago, a leading opposition politician charged. The fallout from Tuesday's attack is adding to political problems facing the shaky government just as Washington wants it to stay focused on the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban. Under intense pressure to show progress in the investigation, authorities claimed Thursday to have identified the heavily... Read Full Story
Pakistan said Thursday authorities had identified the men who ambushed the Sri Lankan cricket team and conceded security breaches in failing to prevent the deadly attack. Dramatic footage of the gunmen making a leisurely getaway from the scene of Tuesday's deadly assault opened the floodgates to criticism that security forces should have done more to prevent an assault that killed eight people. "We have identified the people who did the operation," provincial governor Salman Taseer told a... Read Full Story
Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday distanced himself from a police officer’s claim that India was linked to terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team and a police training centre, saying it would be premature to comment till authorities completed their probe.
Gilani said his government would comment on the issue only after it received a final report on the probe into the two attacks. He said the police officer’s claim was made on the basis of “preliminary... Read Full Story
LAHORE: Newly-elected ameer of Jamat Islami Syed Munawwar Hasan has said that India is taking advantage of the present situation of Pakistan.
He said that India is involved in the attacks on Sri Lankan cricket team and Manawan Police Training School but the advisor on interior is not indicating it.
Addressing at a reception hosted by Jamaat Islami in his honour here on Sunday, Syed Munawwar Hasan said that when the CCPO Lahore told about evidences of India’s involvement in these... Read Full Story
