Pakistan Offers Reward As Sri Lankans’ Gunmen Escape

A video grab shows gunmen firing in the direction of a police vehicle
in Lahore Photo: REUTERS TV (The Telegraph)

Lahore Attack Grips Pakistan, Police Hunt Gunmen
-- Yahoo News/AP

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani investigators were following "important leads" to identify who was behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday.

The ambush in broad daylight, and the apparent ease with which around a dozen gunmen escaped after a firefight with police of almost 30 minutes, sent shudders through a world fearful of nuclear-armed Pakistan's inability to contain rising militancy.

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