India involved in attack against Sri Lankan cricket team, report claims
- The rocket-launchers and explosives used in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team are used by Indian security forces.
According to the report, four rocket-launchers and nine explosives seized from the scene of the deadly attack in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore earlier this month are factory-made and used by Indian forces.
Forty grenades, 10 sub-machine guns (SMGs), five pistols, 577 live rounds of SMGs and 160 bullets of pistols were also found at the scene.
A dozen attackers fired 312 bullets, two 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.
The attack killed six policemen and a Pakistan Cricket Board van driver and injured six of the Sri Lankan players.
"No suicide jacket was found at the scene, suggesting that they were not on a suicide mission. The SMGs used in the attack are of indian and Russian origin.
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.
He said that law-enforcement agencies had taken over 100 suspects into custody.
Investigators are now convinced that the
mastermind of the attack had four objectives: to sour Pakistan’s relations with Sri Lanka; to stop foreign teams from coming to Pakistan; to destabilise Pakistan and to let the country know that India's spy agency is more capable than Pakistan's intelligence services in carrying out such attacks even in the midst of a huge security presence.
Investigators however clarify that the attackers did not want to hijack the cricketers’ bus.
