Cricket team attack was meticulously planned . Security was not inadequate

cricket team bus was ambushed on both sides of Liberty roundabout, in an upmarket area of the city.
Abdul Ghani Butt, who runs a shoe shop next to the road where the attack took place, said: “I was inside my shop when the attack took place. I rushed outside when I heard the shots. I saw three people on the roundabout firing at the team bus. They were wearing trousers and shirts. I saw the face of one of them – he was a boy of about 20 year old.” "I was surprised so I ran back into the shop but then went out again and saw another four men shooting from the other side of the bus. Then about 16 policemen jumped out of the escort vans and a shoot-out began. All the windows of the bus were smashed. And the police were shooting from bus as if it was a barricade,. I saw two elite police force officers lying on the ground. A crowd soon gathered along with other police vehicles and ambulances.” Sabir Ahmed, 15, a street vendor of flower garlands, said: ’I hear the shots and so ran away from the roundabout. From a distance I saw policemen leaping from vehicles and shooting towards the bus. Then I saw 3-4 armed people running towards the Gaddafi Stadium and a group of policemen following them. A security guard in the nearby Big City Plaza said he heard a huge explosion before the shooting began. "Soon after the blast, there was noise of continuous firing. I thought perhaps some bomb had exploded in the Gaddafi Stadium," he told AFP. "I was frightened. I had only a gun. After some time I saw a damaged police vehicle, an overturned traffic police motorcycle and a traffic warden dead on the road. Then my superiors ordered me to come inside," he added. The wounded were taken to Lahore’s Services Hospital. A hospital official said that two Sri Lankan players were being treated for wounds that were non-life threatening. One player was wounded in the foot, the other in the thigh. A Pakistani cricket umpire was reported to be in critical condition after receiving wounds to the liver. The hospital was also treating 8 or 9 policemen for wounds. Lahore’s Inspector-General of police, Raja Khalid Farooq, said: “We have not started working on who is responsible for the attack but we will soon find out. It has a very close resemblance to the Mumbai attacks. we are continuing with the investigation and will pursue all leads. The attack was meticulously planned and not a spur of the moment thing. Security was not inadequate and whatever happened could not have been stopped.”