I plead Pakistan to take action at least now, its High time.
India and Australia have pulled out of cricket tours to the country in the recent past citing security concerns. India were scheduled to tour Pakistan but the trip was cancelled after the terror attacks in Mumbai by Pakistan-based terrorists. Sri Lanka stepped in to fill the gap for Pakistan. Poor Sri Lankans, to keep the sports spirit high, they risked their life, which proved not worth. Also International Cricket Council, last month decided not to hold the 2009 Champions Trophy in Pakistan due to safety worries. Looks like Cricket is becoming extinct in Pakistan, I pity their players.
Injured players:
Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Ajanta Mendis, Tharanga Paranavitana, Thilan Samaraweera, Chaminda Vaas
How the attack happened (Source: Cricinfoblog)
Posted 5 minutes ago in Lahore terror attack
The Sri Lankans were on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium when their bus was attacked by five armed terrorists near Liberty market. Habibur Rehman, chief commissioner of police, said 12 masked terrorists fired at the Sri Lankan team bus. The gunmen shot at the wheels of the bus and also injured the driver. A grenade was also thrown at the bus but it missed.
"The bus came under attack as we were driving to the stadium, the gunmen targeted the wheels of the bus first and then the bus," Mahela Jayawardene told Cricinfo. "We all dived to the floor to take cover. About five players have been injured and also Paul Farbrace [a member of the support staff], but most of the injuries appear to be minor at this stage and caused by debris."
Lahore police chief Habib-ur Rehman said, "They appeared to be well-trained terrorists. They came on rickshaws." Television footage of several gunmen creeping through the trees, crouching to aim their kalashnikovs then running onto the next target were aired by Pakistan's private channel Geo, AFP reported. Crystals of broken glass littered the road next to a gun cartridge and an empty rocket-propelled grenade launcher. A police motorbike was shown crashed sideways into the road at the Liberty Chowk (roundabout) in Lahore. Bullet holes ripped through the windscreen of another vehicle and a white car was shown smashed headlong into the roundabout as nervous security officers guarded the site.
I salute the 5 Brave Security Guards / Police men who saved the Cricketers giving their own life, RIP
Monday, March 02, 2009
Terrorist Attack on Sri Lanka Cricket players in Pakistan, Lahore
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8 comments:
Hope all are fine and they should come back home ASAP
I wonder, what security arrengements PCB did for this tour.. ?
1.a unknown person has accessibility to almost all members of lankan team ? and they can reach there with gun, granades evrything ?
2. how to believe a security where, few ppl come with arm, ammunition... fire at cops, players.. kill 5-6 of those and then, they elope .. no one to catch them ??
This is horrid. And the irony of it all isn't lost, that the Lankans having withstood two decades of LTTE violence had to face this in Pakistan.
Its just mindless, senseless violence. Very sad.
This is ridiculous and unacceptable, its like shooting an ambassador. Its not the time for Pakistan to take action, instead its other to take against them.
To say that the recent attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team has left everyone in a state of shock and misery would be an understatement. The grief which is being felt by each and every Pakistani is beyond words.
It would be significant to highlight the role of those 5 policemen, who died saving the Sri Lankan team. Although inferior in number, they still fought courageously and fearlessly to protect the foreign guests.
@ CrickFan: If they can Sportsmen, they should be really Coward Terrorist.
@ Sudhanshu: Good point, But whatever the Security plan was there, I salute the brave officers who sacrificed their lives
@ Kartik: Very true. Poor Lankans, all they did is participated with high sportsman spirit.
@ Sriram: Well said Sriram, but I wont be surprised if the Pak Gov blame this on India.
@ Anon: True, Brave Policemen, RIP
this attack on cricket players makes no sense to me; it seems like this would only harm the image of any organization who did it
All these Terrorist wants is Attention and shaking the government.
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