Sri Lankan cricket team attacked by gunmen in Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen attacked the bus taking the Sri Lankan cricket squad and its police escort to a cricket stadium in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore on Tuesday.
Several players were reported to have received “superficial” injuries.Five policemen were killed and three injured.
The attack happened in Gulberg, a upmarket area of the city, at around 9am local time. The gunmen remain at large.
Habibur Rehman, the leading policeman in the Lahore city force, said there were around 12 gunmen, at least some of whom arrived in auto-rickshaws.