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Mar 2019
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Lahore 2009: Cricket’s terror attack 10 ...

Bbc Radio 5 Live
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Trevor Bayliss and Paul Farbrace explain what it was like to be in the Sri Lanka team bus that was attacked 10 years ago in Lahore, Pakistan.

Islamist militants fired rockets and machine guns at the convoy as it reached the stadium.

Six police officers and two civilians died in the attack. Many in the Sri Lankan team, including Farbrace, were injured.

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