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| Coach hurt in Lahore gun attack | Coach hurt in Lahore gun attack |
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| A cricket coach has been injured in a gun attack on a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan. | A cricket coach has been injured in a gun attack on a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan. |
| Former Kent batsman Paul Farbrace, who is from Harrietsham and works as Sri Lanka's assistant coach, suffered a shrapnel wound to his arm. | Former Kent batsman Paul Farbrace, who is from Harrietsham and works as Sri Lanka's assistant coach, suffered a shrapnel wound to his arm. |
| Five Pakistani policemen escorting the team bus to the stadium in Lahore were killed in the gunfire. | Five Pakistani policemen escorting the team bus to the stadium in Lahore were killed in the gunfire. |
| Five Sri Lanka players were also hurt. Two were taken to hospital, but none of their injuries were life-threatening. | Five Sri Lanka players were also hurt. Two were taken to hospital, but none of their injuries were life-threatening. |
| Mr Farbrace previously served as coach of the England women's and men's Under-19 teams and was recruited by the Sri Lankan team in 2007. | Mr Farbrace previously served as coach of the England women's and men's Under-19 teams and was recruited by the Sri Lankan team in 2007. |
| 'Tight security' | |
| The Sri Lanka squad have been airlifted from the stadium and are waiting at a military base until they can return to Colombo. | The Sri Lanka squad have been airlifted from the stadium and are waiting at a military base until they can return to Colombo. |
| Mr Farbrace's wife Liz told BBC Radio Kent he had been well looked after and that mobile x-ray machines had been brought into a dressing room to check their injuries. | |
| Mrs Farbrace said: "He called me at 4am our time to say he had seen a couple of bombs and been shot at. | |
| "He seems fine, and that's a blessing, but he hasn't said an awful lot." | |
| She said she had been in a "daze" since hearing the news. | |
| "I know it's dangerous but you you don't expect it to happen," she said. "He'd been in Pakistan before Christmas and he said how tight the security was. | |
| "He always felt very well protected. I was quite shocked that [the attackers] actually managed to break through that barrier." | |
| 'Cowardly attack' | |
| The Sri Lankan team's vice captain Kumar Sangakkara confirmed he and his team-mates were "safe and out of danger". | |
| Mr Sangakkara said: "We are shocked but apart from that everyone is okay." | Mr Sangakkara said: "We are shocked but apart from that everyone is okay." |
| According to Lahore police chief Habibur Rahman, "10 to 12" attackers came to the scene in auto rickshaws. | According to Lahore police chief Habibur Rahman, "10 to 12" attackers came to the scene in auto rickshaws. |
| Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse condemned the incident as a "cowardly terrorist attack". | Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse condemned the incident as a "cowardly terrorist attack". |
| The second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka has been called off. | The second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka has been called off. |