Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has vowed that those who attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team will be caught, and punished "with iron hands".Zardari told visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama in Islamabad that progress was being made in investigating the attack in Lahore.
The Sri Lankan team has arrived back in Colombo amid emotional scenes. Gunmen opened fire on the team's convoy on Tuesday, killing six policemen and a driver and injuring eight tour members. Zardari said: "Progress has been made in the investigation and the perpetrators will be exposed and brought to justice."
He admitted that the attack was "a serious setback that had also undermined the sport of cricket in Pakistan".
Zardari welcomed Sri Lanka's assertion that the attack would not harm ties and called for the two nations to work together to "learn from each other's experiences in fighting terrorism".
Up to 14 gunmen were involved in the attack at the Liberty Square roundabout in the heart of Lahore on Tuesday. Sources said in Islamabad hundreds of people have been questioned in poorer areas of Lahore to find clues to the attackers.
Meanwhile weapons have been seized by police following an ambush of the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. Police say the cache of weapons suggests a long operation was planned