LAHORE, Pakistan, March 03, SPA -- At least a dozen men attacked SriLanka's cricket team with rifles, grenades and rocket launchers Tuesday ahead of a match in Pakistan, wounding seven players and an assistant coach from Britain in a brazen assault on South Asia's most beloved sport. Sixpolicemen and a civilian were killed, Associated Press reported. The players' and the coach's injuries were notlife-threatening, officials said. In a coordinated attack, the assailants ambushed theconvoy carrying the squad and match officials at a trafficcircle 100 yards (meters) from the main sports stadium inthe eastern city of Lahore, triggering a 15-minutegun battle with police guarding the vehicles. None of the attackers was killed or captured at the scene,city police chief Haji Habibur Rehman said. Authorities didnot speculate on the identities of the attackers or theirmotives.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/640560
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