Terrorists behind attack on Lankan cricket team killed

Lahore, August 28 

Four Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) terrorists, who were allegedly involved in the 2009 attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team, were shot dead today by the Pakistani police here.

Seven terrorists attacked a Crime Investigation Department (CID) team in Manawan area of Lahore where offices of the department are located, according to the CID of the Punjab Police.

“The police team which came under attack of terrorists returned the fire, killing four of them on the spot while the remaining three managed to escape by taking advantage of darkness,” a CID spokesman said.

He said the police had launched a search operation in the area to trace the absconding terrorists.

“The dead terrorists have been identified as — Zubair alias Naik Muhammad, Abdul Wahab, Adnan Arshad and Attiqur Rehman.”

“They were involved in attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009 and Moon Market Lahore attack in 2008,” the spokesman said.

In June, the Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore had indicted six members of the banned LeJ in the Lankan cricket team attack case. The LeJ suspects who were charged by the Anti-Terrorism Court were — Obaidullah, Javed Anwar, Ibrahim Khalil, Muhammad, Wahab and Arshad. 

Obaidullah, Anwar and Khalil were on bail while the remaining had been lodged in Kot Lakhpat Jail. LeJ chief Malik Ishaq, the alleged mastermind of the attack, was killed last 

year in an encounter with the CID. — PTI