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Monday, September 14, 2009 - 07.12 GMT

Pakistan team to visit Colombo to probe Lahore attack

 
A Pakistani investigation team is due in Sri Lanka next week to probe reports that elements here were linked to the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, said Interior Minister Rehman Malik.

The team has already been constituted, Malik told a TV news channel. The Sri Lankan government has handed over some important clues that are being examined and these leads are expected to help nab the persons behind the attack, he said.

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani recently directed Mr. Malik to send a team of experts to Sri Lanka to investigate reports that elements in the island were linked to the attack on the Sri Lankan players in March.

Eight persons were killed and over 20 others, including several Sri Lankan players, injured when terrorists ambushed the team's motorcade at a busy traffic roundabout on March 3.






 
 
   
   
   
   
   

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