Terrorist Attack on Sri Lankan Team in Pakistan

[Kobayashi Maru]

6 Sri Lankan players injured in the shootout by 12 terrorists on there bus. 2 apparently shot in the chest and Sangakara shot in the shoulder. Vaas, Jayawardene, and Mendis amongst those Injured.

 

1 Umpire also shot, and 5 policemen dead.

 

Absolute carnage and a massive setback for cricket in Pakistan. Any hopes of teams touring there are now finished for a long time.

 

Provisional reports saying its the same group involved in the Mumbai shootings.

[Jose Jones]

Whereabouts are you Mukky?

We've got 2 taken to hospital - Tharanga Paranavitana and Thilan Samaraweera - and Jayawardena was also slightly wounded in the foot, but all the players are pretty much ok (no danger of death or anything). But 6 coppers dead. Nothing about umpires, as obviously it was the Sri Lankan team bus.

 

Still, you're right, not good for cricket, Pakistan or cricket in Pakistan.

[King Emlyn]

Jesus

[Liverpool lad]

Madness

[Woo]

Was it these guys?

 

 

"Bak. Derk-derk-Allah. Derka derka, Mohammed Jihad. Haka sherpa-sherpa. Abaka-la."

[Woo]

Seriously though, horrible news.

[RobbieOR]

Nobody is going to tour Pakistan for a long time now after that! Some teams will even have reservations about the touring the sub continent!

 

Horrible news thanks god there is no deaths!

[Woo]

Nobody is going to tour Pakistan for a long time now after that! Some teams will even have reservations about the touring the sub continent!

 

Horrible news thanks god there is no deaths!

 

6 policeman dead! :|

[RobbieOR]

6 policeman dead! :|

 

RIP

 

YNWA

[Ian Sea]

I'd be surprised if anyone tours Pakistan in the next 20 years. Shocking this, and it could have been so much worse.

[Unrighteous]

That's just... horrible. Holy shit.

[Paul]

It seems it was a highly co-ordinated attack and the footage of two of them taking shots at vehicles is fucking unbelievable. They all got away too. This has got potentially huge ramifications for world cricket - not least the IPL - in my view.

[Kobayashi Maru]

Whereabouts are you Mukky?

We've got 2 taken to hospital - Tharanga Paranavitana and Thilan Samaraweera - and Jayawardena was also slightly wounded in the foot, but all the players are pretty much ok (no danger of death or anything). But 6 coppers dead. Nothing about umpires, as obviously it was the Sri Lankan team bus.

 

Still, you're right, not good for cricket, Pakistan or cricket in Pakistan.

 

In dubai mate.

 

One of the 4th Umpires is in critical condition and the rest of the officials are being flown back to Abu Dhabi with minor injuries. The driver of there van was killed, which is how close they came.

 

One of the lankan bowlers (Samaraweera) got shot in the leg.

[Kobayashi Maru]

It seems it was a highly co-ordinated attack and the footage of two of them taking shots at vehicles is fucking unbelievable. They all got away too. This has got potentially huge ramifications for world cricket - not least the IPL - in my view.

 

You could be right in regards to the ramifications. The financial lure could offset it though, espcially as after the Mumbai shootings the England team were still willing to tour and the Australians touring India a month later after pulling out of touring Pakistan. However, I do think it will change the dynamics of teams touring the subcontinent in general.

[Section_31]

I wish these fundamentalists would just simmer down.

[Ian Sea]

Chris Broad was the match referee and was in the vehicle behind the one attacked apparently.

[Andy M]

That's just horrible Holy shit.

 

EFA

 

Supposedly the work of Islamic terrorists.

[discuit]

Jack Baeur is all over it.

[Liverpool lad]

Do you think anyone shouted 'How is he?' or whatever they shout when they are checking the umpire's decision

[Woo]

Do you think anyone shouted 'How is he?' or whatever they shout when they are checking the umpire's decision

 

Nah, it probably knocked him for six.

[Liverpool lad]

Shooting innocent people just isn't cricket

[odris]

Very very sad, happened in Lahore apparently and at the bottom of the BBC page it says "Are you in Lahore?" bit of a private question like.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

This has been on the cards for years. It was always going to happen sooner rather than later.

 

It's a fucking miracle no cricketers were killed.

[danielo]

That's quite sad. Asians love thier cricket, and those fundamentalists are depriving a country of something that appears to unite its people.

[Woo]

Obviously these Terrorists don't like cricket, oh no, they hate it.