Six members of the Sri Lankan cricket squad were wounded when a dozen gunmen attacked their bus as it drove under police escort the Gaddafi stadium in the Lahore, Pakistan. 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.
The bus, which was carrying the Sri Lankan cricketers, is seen with bullet holes, outside the Gaffafi stadium after the shooting incident in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, March, 3, 2009. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it traveled to a match in Pakistan, wounding several players and killing five police officers, officials said.
Sri Lankan cricket player Farveez Maharoof looks on as he waits outside the Sri Lanka Cricket office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it traveled to a match in Pakistan, wounding several players and killing five police officers, officials said.
Pakistani police officers and media gather at the shooting site in Lahore, Pakistan. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it traveled to a match in Pakistan on Tuesday, wounding several players and killing five police officers, officials said.
Bollywood star Preity Zinta wipes a tear from her eye after hearing that two of IPL Punjab Kings players Jaywardne and Sangakara were injured in a terrorist shooting in Pakistan while she was attending the New Zealand and India 1st one day international cricket match at McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it traveled to a match in Pakistan on Tuesday, wounding several players and killing five police officers, officials said.
A Pakistani bomb disposable squad member diffuses an explosive at the shooting site in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, March, 3, 2009. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it traveled to a match in Pakistan on Tuesday, wounding several players and killing five police officers, officials said.
Pakistani police officers gather around the dead body of a police commando at the shooting site in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, March, 3, 2009. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it traveled to a match in Pakistan, wounding several players and killing five police officers, officials said.
A police van damaged by bullets is seen in Lahore, Pakistan Tuesday, March 3, 2009 in this image taken from a television. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked a vehicle carrying members of Sri Lanka's national cricket team Tuesday, wounding at least two players and killing five police officers, officials said.
Bollywood star Preity Zinta reflects after hearing that two of IPL Punjab Kings players Jawardne and Sangakara were injured in a terrorist shooting in Pakistan while she was attending the New Zealand and India 1st one day international cricket match at McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Pakistani police officers stand guard at out side the Gaddafi stadium after the shooting incident in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, March, 3, 2009. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it traveled to a match in Pakistan on Tuesday,wounding several players and killing five police officers, officials said.
Former Sri Lankan cricket captain Hashan Tillekeratne, foreground, waits for news about the Sri Lankan team, outside the Sri Lanka Cricket office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. A dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team as it traveled to a match in Pakistan on Tuesday, wounding several players and killing five police officers, officials said.
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