Three arrested over Sri Lankan cricket attack

Islamabad,- Three suspects have reportedly been arrested in connection with their alleged involvement in an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in the Pakistani city of Lahore in March. Six policemen and a Pakistan Cricket Board van driver were killed in the attack and six of the Sri Lankan players were injured .

Sources told Pakistan's Geo TV that the accused are members of the banned Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi linked to Al-Qaeda and come from the southern Punjab region. 

Following their arrests, the suspects were reported to have been moved to an undisclosed location for further interrogation.

Sources said that two of the suspects were directly involved in the armed attack against the Sri Lankan players, while the third provided logistical support to the attackers in the city.

According to sources, they had received training in a militant camp situated in Wana in South Waziristan bordering Afghanistan.

A dozen attackers fired guns and rockets and detonated two bombs near Lahore's Liberty roundabout on 3 March as the Sri Lankan team was on its way to a match at the city's stadium.

The attack seriously damaged Pakistan’s reputation as a host for any future international sporting event, including the 2011 Cricket World Cup. 

In early March, Bangladesh's cricket team announced it was postponing Pakistan's seven-match tour of the country scheduled for mid-March.

Investigators initially claimed that no militant organisations in Pakistan had the capacity to carry out the attack without the help of a state intelligence agency.