LAHORE: Four accused terrorists involved in the 2009 attack on Sri Lankan cricket team and the 2008 Iqbal Town blast were killed near Manawan police station limits on Sunday. A statement released by the CTD said that the accused terrorists were being taken for pointation of a house in the Lakho Dehr area where they had prepared for attack at that time. The CTD said that the team was ‘attacked by 7-8 terrorists’ when it reached the East Service Road of Ring Road near the Mian Town bridge. “The CTD team took precautions and returned fire in self-defence,” the statement said. “When the firing stopped, four accused terrorists were found dead by firing of the attacking terrorists.” Those killed were identified as Zubair alias Naik Muhammad, Abdul Wahab, Adnan Arshad and Ateequr Rehman. “The first three terrorists were involved in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009, in which six police officials were killed … and cricketers were injured,” the CTD said. The statement said that a large quantity of weapons and explosives materials was also seized from the possession of the attacking terrorists. It further said the police have launched a search operation in the area to trace the absconding terrorists. In June, an anti-terrorism court had indicted six members of a banned organisation in the Sri Lankan cricket team attack case. The suspects who were charged by the ATC were – Obaidullah, Javed Anwar, Ibrahim Khalil, Muhammad, Wahab and Arshad. Obaidullah, Anwar and Khalil were on bail while the remaining had been lodged in Kot Lakhpat Jail and they had pleaded not guilty.