Gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan's team coach on their way to a match in Lahore.

 

They killed eight security men guarding the bus and injured up to eight Sri Lankan players.

 

Following the terrorist attack in Mumbai last November, it has again raised serious concerns about security on the sub-continent.

 

Fraser, who won three Olympic gold medals in consecutive Games between 1956 and 1964, warned staging the Commonwealth Games in Delhi would put Australian athletes at risk of a repeat of the 1972 Olympic Games, where 11 Israeli athletes and a German police officer were killed.

 

She said: "We don't want another Munich.

 

"With an attack like that you wouldn't be sending any team over to that region at all.

 

"You wouldn't be sending away in this climate.''

 

Australia withdrew from its tour of Pakistan last year amid security fears, while England left two weeks into its tour of India in October after terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

 

Fraser, who also won six gold medals in the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games, said officials should have began looking at moving the event following October's terror attacks in Mumbai, which claimed the lives of 101 people, including an Australian.

 

The Commonwealth Games Federation have consistently rejected calls for the Games to be moved because of security concerns. 

 

Indian security officials have insisted that there should be no fears over safety at the Games.

 

Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal said: "We are live and alert to every situation.

 

"We are fully prepared to provide fool-proof security for sporting events like Commonwealth Games.

 

"Whatever measures we have to take, we will take."