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[mullethigham]

why attack the umpires? is cowardly, why would people stoop so low and do something as ridiculous

[mullethigham]

just heard that they even shot a rocket at the bus! i wondered what would have happened with the bravery of the bus driver?

[Chaim]

This is just horryfying.......... Pakistani cricket will now be shunned unfairly becaus of their terrorists. As Safraz Nawaz said "some counties may avoid hosting pakistan now because that may open up an opportunity for terrorists to enter

[yvk3103]

going by the news being reported on various news channels and the internet, it seems the attack was planned just to terrorize rather than to kill the players.

How did the terrorists know that the SL players were in the second bus and not the first bus which the Pak cricketers took that day??

Why were the cricketers and umpires not given bullet proof buses and the police armoured vehicles??

Hopefully we will see some concrete action from the Pak govt rather than the blame game. Again the big question is does the Pak govt/administration have the will power and guts to confront and take out the terrorist organization behind this??

[stevie]

A bloody Rocket Launcher.
I feel sorry for the Pakistan players but they can't honestly expect teams to tour there now. This just goes to prove that nobody is safe.
The Sri Lankans were supposed to have head of state security, If that was there head of state 5 or 6 cops, I wonder what there lowest level of security's like.

[bucko2007]

From what it sounds like, Chris Broad's comments are more out of anger than rational thought. 15 police officers were killed or severely injured... That means there was significant protection. And the fact no players died probably reflects their bravery

[cricket-master]

i agree with chris broad specially what they showed in the news showed that there was no where near enough protection plus there was 6/7 police. In the news at ten today they said that they found bits of bullets and things which the police didnt see (this is evidence ) if they cared and wernt so carless they would have seen it plus they sowed cctv of some of the gunmen after in a maket close by just walking away with guns not even running

and another thing which is sad is this will most prob not only ruein cricket in pakistan but also india and sri lanka too

[art]

The concern is that perhaps this attack was purely a demonstartion of civel unrest against the government and there was no real intent to harm the cricketers. I know that sounds odd but after looking at the footage a number of time I can't help but fail to understand how the cricketers and umpires weren't slaughtered. That many gunmen and that many bullets and no cricketers killed?

Interesting.

[stevie]

What's more interesting is why the Pakistan bus was held back.