LAHORE: Pakistani officials on Sunday said four extremists, allegedly involved in a 2009 attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team, have been killed in a shootout with police.
The officials did **t identify the militants or their armed group. The attack on the cricket team had left killed six police and two bystanders and wounded six cricket players. The Pakistani Taliban and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an affiliated extremist group had claimed the attack, which was carried out by 10 gunmen.
A counter-terrorism official says the shootout erupted late on Saturday on the edge of Lahore, when other gunmen tried to break the militants out of police custody. A**ther senior official confirmed the account. Both spoke on condition of a**nymity, fearing retribution.
08-29-2016, 04:30 AM
?Four militants behind 2009 attack on Sri Lankan team killed in shootout?
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