Police arrest Pakistan suspect behind attack

Police in Pakistan have arrested one of seven men suspected of being behind the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Lahore in March.



Lahore police chief Pervez Rathor says they have broken up a Punjab Taliban network and have arrested an attacker who shot dead a policeman.



Seven Pakistanis, six police guards and the driver of a Sri Lankan team bus were killed in the attack.



Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Sri Lankan players as it drove to a cricket stadium for a match against Pakistan.



Police identified the suspect as Zubair, also known by his alias Nek Mohammad, who appeared at the televised press conference in Pakistan’s cultural hub Lahore with his face completely covered in a black mask.



Police say the plan of the attackers was to kidnap the Sri Lankan cricketers.