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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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FACTBOX: Details of Sri Lankan cricketers injured in gun attack

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Tue Mar 3, 2009 6:33am EST

(Reuters) - Five Sri Lankan cricketers plus the assistant coach were wounded when around a dozen gunmen attacked their bus as it drove under police escort on Tuesday to a stadium in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

Following is a list of the injured players with brief details of their injuries according to vice captain Kumar Sangakkara, who spoke to Reuters by telephone from Lahore.

* Mahela Jayawardena - cut to ankle, minor * Kumar Sangakkara - shrapnel cut to shoulder, minor * Ajantha Mendis - shrapnel wound to back, minor * Tharanga Paranavithana - shrapnel wound to his chest, minor, but went to hospital * Thilan Samaraweera - worst injured with what appeared to be a shrapnel wound to his leg. Taken to hospital, but not seriously wounded.

* Paul Farbrace (assistant coach) - shrapnel wound to his arm, minor.

(Compiled by Ossian Shine; Editing by John O'Brien)
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