"IT was terrible. The van driver died in front of us. I am lost for words," stunned Australian cricket umpire Steve Davis said after gunmen turned an upmarket Pakistani square into a battleground.
Sri Lanka's cricket side were on the team bus, all thoughts trained on the third day of their second Test against Pakistan in Lahore, when an explosion shattered the morning calm.
Masked attackers, creeping through trees, then opened fire in a brazen gun and grenade attack that left eight people dead and wounded six members of the squad.
For 15 minutes, the expensive business and commercial district of Liberty Square, with its designer boutiques and smart offices, was raked by bullets as Pakistani security forces and the attackers exchanged fire.
Pakistan before has set off bombs outside of New Zealand Cricket team's hotel in Pakistan. These countries in the Middle East and including India take their cricket almost like religion. Often getting angry when they lose, or just attacking because they're idiots.
In this case, the Sri Lankan cricket team came under fire in Pakistan. Their Coach and Umpire, both Australia were thought to be injured, though those stories were cleared.
Bloody Paki Extremists.
