FIVE Pakistani policemen were killed today when masked gunmen fired on the Sri Lanka cricket team’s bus in Lahore in an attack that wounded several of the players.
Six members of the Sri Lankan cricket squad were injured when around a dozen gunmen attacked their bus as it drove under police escort to a Lahore stadium, witnesses and officials said.
Australian Trevor Bayliss, who coaches the Sri Lankan team, a team official said.
Lahore Police chief Habib-ur-Rehman said five people were killed in the attack by the unidentified gunmen, who fired AK 47s and rockets and hurled grenades as the team bus drove to the 60,000-seater Gaddafi stadium in the eastern city.
Sri Lanka’s sports minister said five players and an assistant coach were wounded, two of whom were being treated in hospital.
“Police are chasing the terrorists,” police chief Habib-ur-Rehman said.
“They appeared to be trained men.”
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