Police identify Lahore suspects
Updated
But first to Lahore, where Pakistani police say they've identified the terrorists who attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team.
Sketches of four of the suspects have been released, but investigators are not providing any other information. Police concede mistakes were made in the response to the attack, but they've defended the level of security provided to the cricketers and officials.
Presenter: Sally Sara
Speakers: Ice Khalid Farooq, Inspector General, Punjab Police; Mahmood, Lahore resident; Shajeed Tariq, Lahore shopkeeper
(Sound of bugles playing 'The Last Post')
SALLY SARA: Pakistani police gathered in Liberty Square where six of their colleagues were killed in Tuesday's terrorist attack.
(Sound of honour guard)
SALLY SARA: Ah honour guard stood in formation as the Inspector General of Punjab Police Khalid Farooq laid flowers at a makeshift memorial.
He conceded that errors had been made in the police response to the attack.
KHALID FAROOQ: As for the procedural lapses that we are looking into, and we'll see and who is so responsible will be taken to task; they'll not be spared.
But they laid their life and protected the lives of the guests.
SALLY SARA: The Punjabi Provincial Government says some of the perpetrators have been identified, but won't release any further details, only sketches of four of the gunmen.
(Sound of street traffic)
In a side street only a few hundred metres away from the scene, residents are still asking why the police were so slow to respond.
The security camera above this street captured the last pictures of the terrorists casually walking away after the attack. A few minutes later they disappeared into the traffic on motorbikes.
Resident Mahmood saw their escape. He is furious that officers from a nearby police station took almost half an hour to arrive at the scene.
MAHMOOD: Only walking distance. But they, they didn't come. Why are they too late? Too late. Why? Everyone is angry.
SALLY SARA: Pakistani cricket officials have rejected criticism of the police response.
Head of the Pakistani Cricket Board Ijaz Butt has lodge a complaint over comments made by English match referee Chris Broad who said the Sri Lankan cricketers and officials were sitting ducks.
IJAZ BUTT: He seems to have lost his mind. Whatever he's been saying is totally untrue and fabricated. Mr Broad has made some obnoxious comments.
(Sound of street traffic)
SALLY SARA: Across the road from Liberty Square, Shajeed Tariq is cleaning up. The front of his clothing shop was hit by a rocket during the attack. The terrorists aimed at the Sri Lankan team bus but missed.
Mr Tariq says the people of Lahore are still shocked.
SHAJEED TARIQ: We feel really sad about it because it's our country. It's our city. It's our home. It's our homeland. We feel really bad about it.
SALLY SARA: The clock behind the shop counter stopped at the exact moment when the rocket hit. Shajeed and his father say they will leave the clock as a reminder of what happened.
