LAHORE: Pakistani police on Sunday shot dead four Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists allegedly involved in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009.
Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Punjab Police said seven terrorists attacked a CID team in Manawan area of Lahore. “The police team returned the fire, killing four of them on the spot while the remaining three managed to escape,” a CID spokesperson said.
“The dead terrorists have been identified as Zubair alias Naik Muhammad, Abdul Wahab, Adnan Arshad and Attiqur Rehman.”
“They were involved in attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team and Moon Market Lahore attack in 2008,” the spokesperson said.
Weapons and explosives were recovered from them. In June, the Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore had indicted six members of the banned LeJ in the 2009 attack case.