The Zimbabwe national cricket team has decided to continue with its tour of Pakistan after further security assurances by the police. Kevin Mapasure in Lahore
Concern was raised after an explosion occured outside the stadium killing two people during the second ODI last night.
Some reports suggested that it was a suicide bomber that had blown themselves up but the police have have their doubts that was the case and are pointing to an explosion of a gas tank.
The Capital City Police Officer of Lahore, deputy inspector general Amin Vaince addressed the players yesterday and told them that they had further enhanced security measures.
He added that while there are doubts the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber, they were investigating the matter.
“We cannot say conclusively what the explosion was, but we have launched an investigation,” said Vaince. “At this point what I can say is evidence suggest it was a cylinder blast other than a suicide bomber.We have collected evidence and we have sent it to the forensic department. The moment we ascertain the identity of the person who died we will be able to say whether it was a suicide attack. We also lost a police officer who was standing close.”
He maintained that the Zimbabwe team was safe since their security was not breached.
“The most important thing is that it occurred outside our red zone so the security of the team is guaranteed. We have enhanced the red zone area we have doubled our efforts. We are experienced at these kind of things. Zimbabwe team are our heroes we are delighted that the team is here and we treat you as heroes.”
