Pakistan Terror Attack Prompts Warning From Homeland Security, FBI

The attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Pakistan this week has prompted US intelligence officials to caution local authorities to be on the lookout for possible similar assaults at American sports events.

The notice, along with details of the attack in Lahore, Pakistan, is part of an intelligence assessment that points out no plots are known to exist against sports events in the United States.

The document was prepared by the Homeland Security Department and the FBI.

The FBI and Homeland Security officials are cautioning Indiana law enforcement that the Big Ten basketball tournaments being held this month in Indianapolis are inviting targets for terrorists.

The federal agencies mentioned the tournaments in a bulletin dated Wednesday. That note follows an attack this week on a cricket team in Pakistan that killed six police officers and a driver and wounded seven players, a coach and an umpire.

The Big Ten bulletin says U.S. intelligence agencies are not aware of any threats against the tournaments. Today is first-round games of the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament in Indianapolis. The Big Ten men’s tournament starts next Thursday.

Big Ten spokesman Scott Chipman says the league has security procedures in place to protect fans, student-athletes and coaches.

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