'Lahore attackers same as those who struck Mumbai'

The terrorists who attacked the Sri Lankan team in Lahore on Tuesday morning were the same who had struck in Mumbai, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer said.

The terrorists who attacked the Sri Lankan team in Lahore on Tuesday morning were the same who had struck in Mumbai, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer said.

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"It was a planned terrorist act on the pattern of the attack on Mumbai. I believe the same terrorists are involved in both the incidents," Taseer told reporters.

More than 170 people were killed in the Mumbai terror attack that began on Nov 26 last year and ended only 60 hours later.