The gunmen who struck at the Sri Lanka cricket team were most likely "our own home-grown terrorist organisations" and could possibly have Al-Qaeda links, Pakistan's media said on Wednesday, adding they had sounded "the requiem of cricket" in the country.
British daily
The Times meanwhile mocked at suggestions in Pakistan that LTTE or another foreign hand was behind the attack. Pakistani authorities hinted at an Indian involvement within hours of the attack on Tuesday.
It said the "absurd initial claim by a Pakistani minister that the attackers were sent across the border by India in a conspiracy to defame Pakistan" was part of the country's denial to accept the enemy within.
An editorial in Pakistan daily
The News said the attackers were most likely "our own home-grown terrorist organisations" as there was no shortage