Sri Lanka president condemns attack, wants players home immediately

Published Tuesday, March 03, 2009

By AP

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has condemned the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Pakistan and called for the players to come home immediately.

In a statement Tuesday, Rajapaksa called the attack cowardly. He ordered his foreign minister to immediately travel to Pakistan to help assist in the team’s evacuation and ensure the players are safe and secure. Rajapaksa is currently on a visit to Nepal.

Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara says authorities do not believe the attack was carried out by the Tamil Tiger rebels. Government forces are on the brink of defeating the rebels in the north and ending the quarter century civil war here.

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