Pakistan Blames India For Attack on Sri Lanka team

Friday, April 10, 2009 at 3:38 pm under Pakistan News

Lahore: Pakistan has once again blamed India for the daring Lahore attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team that killed 6 security personnel and injured some players.

In a press conference here on Friday, the Lahore Police said they had found evidence that links the Lahore attack of March 03 was carried out by elements in India. The officer, however, refused to reveal any details and said investigations were still on, a TV report said.

The blame comes despite the Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama rejecting any such charges a week after the attack. “There is no Indian involvement (in the attack on cricketers in Lahore),” he had said.

“In fact, India has been helping us in our fight against terrorism. We have conveyed this to Pakistan,” he said.

A team of 12 terrorists ambushed and sprayed bullets and fired rocket propelled grenades at the convoy carrying Sri Lankan players to the Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. The cricketers were to play the third day of the second and last Test against the host Pakistan Tuesday last week.

Seven players and the team’s assistant coach were injured and six Pakistani police officials, who were providing protection to the bus carrying the players, were killed in the attack that shook the entire cricketing world.

The officer, shockingly, said that not only the Lahore attack but the attack on Manawan Police Academy on March 23 in the city in which 28 trainees were killed and nearly hundred were injured. Four terroriosts were killed and six were taken into custody. Those caught had Afghanistan passports on their person.

The commander of the Pakistan Taliban had claimed responsibility of the attack.