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High praise for bus driver

LAHORE: Bus driver Mohammad Khalil kept his foot on the accelerator as bullets ripped into the vehicle and explosions rocked the air, steering Sri Lanka’s cricket team to the safety of the stadium — and likely saving many lives.

The players — some of them wounded — ducked down and shouted “Go! Go!” as he drove through the ambush.

“All of us were taken aback,” said Mr. Khalil, who described the events to local news channels. “I did not stop and kept moving.”

The attackers fired a rocket that caused a “huge explosion” next to the bus but did not damage it, said Mr. Khalil. Seconds later, an attacker jumped in front of the bus and hurled a grenade at it, which also missed, he said.

The bus wound up with 25 bullet holes, its front windshield shattered. — AP

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