Gunmen shoot Sri Lanka cricketers
Sri Lankan team attacked
Terrible news coming out of Lahore this morning is that gunmen have attacked a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team on its way to play in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
At least five members of the Sri Lankan cricket team were injured – two from bullets – and five Pakistani policemen escorting the team bus were killed.
This is a terrible attack and will be a huge blow to cricket in general and especially the general loving Pakistan community. We all know that cricket Pakistan have struggled over the last few years due to major concerns over security with major teams refusing to travel. This will certainly not help and it is unlikely that any team will travel to Pakistan for the forseeable future.
Cricket Australia are reported to be shocked by the news according to The Times of India.
Pakistani officials said about 12 gunmen were involved and grenades and rocket launchers have been recovered.
The BBC’s Barbara Plett in Islamabad says the incident will come as a big blow to Pakistani cricket.
Pakistan invited Sri Lanka to tour after India’s cricket team pulled out of a scheduled cricket tour following the deadly November attacks in the western Indian city of Mumbai.
Shocking news to wake up to, after what happened with England in India and now this you have to wonder which teams will want to go touring in this region in the future.