Pakistan Offers Reward as Sri Lankans’ Attackers Evade Arrest

Pakistani authorities offered a 10 million rupee ($125,000) reward to help catch the 12 gunmen who attacked Sri Lanka’s visiting cricket team yesterday before escaping from security forces.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the gun and grenade ambush in Lahore, which killed six police officers and injured six team members. Officials said the attack resembled the November assault on India’s financial hub, Mumbai.

The attack on sportsmen from a country with few links to the U.S.-led struggle against Islamic extremism raises questions about President Asif Ali Zardari’s grip on power. The mounting cost of tackling terrorism has deepened an economic crisis that forced his government to seek $12 billion in loans since November from the International Monetary Fund.