VIDEO: Five Sri Lankan cricketers and their British assistant coach were wounded when gunmen attacked their bus as it drove under police escort on Tuesday to a stadium in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
Lahore Police Chief Habib-ur-Rehman said five police were killed in the attack by unidentified gunmen, who fired AK 47s and rockets and hurled grenades at the Sri Lankan cricket team's tour bus as it slowed at a traffic circle near the 60,000-seater Gaddafi stadium where the team were due to play a test match against Pakistan.
Witnesses saw gunmen with rifles and backpacks running through the streets and firing on people and vehicles around the massive stadium in the morning attack.
Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told reporters the assailants had been surrounded after being chased into a nearby commercial and shopping area.
A massive security sweep was taking place across the city.
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