Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Sunday that there are indications that the Tamil Tigers had been involved in attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore in March this year.
Gilani told reporters that investigators have got indications to suggest that the Tamil Tigers had financed the attack on March 3 when a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers was fired upon by a dozen of 12 gunmen near the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Gilani said that he had met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Libya last week and had discussed the possibility of the involvement of the Tamil Tigers.
He said that Pakistan will soon send a team to Sri Lanka to share intelligence with Sri Lankan officials.
In June Tehrik-e-Taliban Punjab claimed the responsibility for the attack.
The cricketers were on their way to play the third day of the second test against the Pakistani cricket team.
Six members of the Sri Lankan cricket team were injured. Six Pakistani policemen and two civilians were killed.
Several cricket teams including the Australian cricket team canceled tours to Pakistan over security concerns.
The International Cricket Council also canceled matches of the 2011 World Cup supposed to be played in Pakistan.
(Xinhua News Agency September 7, 2009)
