'Anonymous call led police to change route of SL team's bus'
A last minute call by an unidentified person led the police to change route of the bus taking the Lankan cricket team to Gaddafi stadium.
By PTI |
LAHORE: A last minute call by an unidentified person led the city police to change the route of the bus taking the Sri Lankan cricket team to Gaddafi stadium here, a media report said on Wednesday.
An unknown caller asked police escorting the Sri Lankan team to use the Gulberg route leading to the stadium instead of travelling along Ferozpur road as had been decided earlier, The News daily quoted interior ministry sources as saying.
Police followed the caller's instructions without ascertaining his identity, the report said. This led to the police falling into a "trap", the sources said.
Six Sri Lankan players and a coach were injured and eight persons, most of them policemen, were killed when a dozen heavily armed terrorists attacked the team's bus at a traffic roundabout near Gaddafi Stadium yesterday.
Media reports have said the Sri Lankan team was provided inadequate security even though the Pakistan government had earlier stated that the players would be provided the same level of security as the President.
Three of the terrorists involved in the attack reportedly fled from the scene in an auto-rickshaw. The driver of the vehicle told investigators that they were locals and had spoken in a Punjabi accent, The News reported.
Investigators have also not been able to establish whether "outside forces" were involved in the attack, which resulted in the Sri Lankan team calling off its tour of Pakistan.
An unknown caller asked police escorting the Sri Lankan team to use the Gulberg route leading to the stadium instead of travelling along Ferozpur road as had been decided earlier, The News daily quoted interior ministry sources as saying.
Police followed the caller's instructions without ascertaining his identity, the report said. This led to the police falling into a "trap", the sources said.
Six Sri Lankan players and a coach were injured and eight persons, most of them policemen, were killed when a dozen heavily armed terrorists attacked the team's bus at a traffic roundabout near Gaddafi Stadium yesterday.
Media reports have said the Sri Lankan team was provided inadequate security even though the Pakistan government had earlier stated that the players would be provided the same level of security as the President.
Three of the terrorists involved in the attack reportedly fled from the scene in an auto-rickshaw. The driver of the vehicle told investigators that they were locals and had spoken in a Punjabi accent, The News reported.
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Investigators have also not been able to establish whether "outside forces" were involved in the attack, which resulted in the Sri Lankan team calling off its tour of Pakistan.
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