Another arrest in Lankan team attack case

LAHORE: Another terror suspect has been arrested by Pakistani authorities for his involvement in the daring attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009 that deprived Pakistan the right to host international ties.

The man named Adnan Khosa was arrested in the Dera Ghazi Khan city of Punjab province for his suspected involvement in the 2009 attack that killed seven persons and injured several others, including players.

Acting on a tip-off, police nabbed Khosa, also known as Arshad or Sajjad, within the jurisdiction of Raitra police station, Dera Ghazi Khan district police chief Tassaduq Hiyat said.

Khosa, whose codename was "Chotu", had been included in the police's "Red Book", a list of high-value militants, Hiyat said.

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