Hail the brave bus driver

The Sri Lankan cricket team Tuesday hailed their bus driver for saving their lives after a deadly ambush left eight people dead and seven players wounded.
The team bus was attacked on its way to the Gaddafi Stadium where they were due to resume the third day's play in the second and final Test.
The match was abandoned after the incident and the Sri Lankan team and officials were evacuated from the stadium in Pakistan Air Force helicopters. The tourists were due to fly home in a specially-chartered plane late Tuesday.
Manager Brendon Kuruppu praised team bus driver Meher Mohammad Khalil for saving the players.
"I was on a phone call and I saw two men coming out from somewhere and opening fire," Kuruppu told AFP.
"We all went down, we could hear the firing going around, there was pandemonium in the bus but the bus driver kept his cool and saved us."
Skipper Mahela Jayawardene also extended his gratitude.
"We owe the team bus driver our lives for his remarkable bravery in the face of direct gunfire," he said in a statement.
"Had he not had the courage and presence of mind to get the bus moving after the initial attack then we'd have been a far easier target for the terrorists.
Jayawardene passed on the team's "deepest and heartfelt condolences" to the families of the people who were killed in the attack.
Kuruppu said they had never before faced any security problems in Pakistan.
"We were getting good security and there were no problems but these incidents were highly condemnable and our players are left shocked.
"Cricket takes a back seat when such incidents happen," said Kuruppu who has played four Tests and 54 one-dayers for Sri Lanka.

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