| GEO Pakistan | | Lahore attack perpetrators identified: Taseer | Updated at: 2029 PST, Thursday, March 05, 2009
LAHORE: The security agencies have identified the perpetrators of the deadly ambush on the Sri Lankan cricket team, Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer told reporters on Thursday.
"We have identified the people who did the operation," Taseer told a news conference here.
Up to 12 men attacked the convoy of officials, coaches and players, firing automatic weapons, grenades and a rocket launcher as the vehicles approached the cricket ground in the city of Lahore. The attackers fled without a trace.
"We have a lot of information. We have arrested many people, rounded up some suspects, but the final investigation will be presented to me tomorrow (Friday); till then I am not in a position to say more," he said. |  |
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